The Judicial Branch
Number of justices on the Supreme Court today
9
In the Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson (1989), Gregory Johnson was challenging the constitutionality of a Texas law that led to him being fined $2000 and sentenced to a year in prison for...
Burning an American flag
True or False: The official/state religion of the U.S is Christianity
FALSE
True or False: We have parliamentary law in the United States
FALSE
Which Article of the Constitution creates the Supreme Court and the court system of the United States?
Article 3
In the Supreme Court case Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988), student Catherine Kuhlmeier sued the Hazelwood school district because
The school principal removed 2 pages from the school newspaper due to concerns over some of the content in the paper
Freedom of religion is granted to Americans as part of this Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
1st Amendment
How many terms can a justice serve on the Supreme Court (for example, the President can serve a maximum of two four-year terms)
There are no term limits
Name of the newest member of the Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh
In the Supreme Court case Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), Clarence Brandenburg, a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader in rural Ohio, was convicted [found guilty and sentenced] by an Ohio court for...
Advocating violence
In Abington School District v. Schempp (1963), Edward Schempp filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to prohibit and stop the enforcement of a Pennsylvania state law that...
Required children to hear and sometimes read portions of the Bible as part of their public school education
The power of the courts to decide whether or not laws and actions passed by the legislative and executive branches are constitutional is known as
Judicial Review
Name for a principle or ruling from a previous case that is then used and followed by courts in the future when deciding cases with similar issues or facts...
Precedent/Stare Decisis
According to the Brandenburg Test, certain speech acts can be banned and/or prosecuted if...(provide 2 reasons)
1. The purpose of the speech is to produce imminent lawless action 2. The speech is likely to incite or produce imminent lawless action (often based on the context as well as the reputation of the speaker)
In deciding the Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States (1878), the Supreme Court concluded that
It is constitutional to prohibit/ban certain religious practices
1. Be nominated by the President 2. Get confirmed by majority vote in the Senate
Name of the famous Supreme Court Case (from 1803) that established the principle of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
List 3 reasons why speech can be restricted (outside of school)
1. Obscenity 2. Defamation 3. ‘Fighting words’ that could likely lead to violence and/or chaos
In the Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States (1878), George Reynolds was challenging the constitutionality of a federal law that...
Made bigamy/polygamy illegal
Briefly describe a key difference between the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal justice system
The juvenile system offers more chances for offenders to learn from mistakes and is more lenient with regard to sentencing