Supreme Court History
The Supreme Court was originally located in this building.
What is the Capitol Building?
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
What is 9?
What material is the Supreme Court Building mostly made of?
What is marble?
The Library of Congress originally started as this inside the Capitol.
What is a research area?
What does Lady Justice’s blindfold represent?
What is impartiality?
This president laid the cornerstone of the Supreme Court Building.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What is the title of the head judge of the Supreme Court?
What is Chief Justice?
Where does the courtroom marble come from?
What are Spain, Italy, and Africa?
What major event in 1814 damaged the Library of Congress?
What is the British burning the Capitol?
What do Lady Justice’s scales represent?
What is weighing both sides of a case?
The Supreme Court remained in the Capitol Building until this year, when it moved into its own building.
What is 1935?
Unlike most government positions, Supreme Court justices are not elected and instead serve for this length of time.
What is for life?
This historical figure is carved holding the Ten Commandments.
Who is Moses?
After the 1814 destruction, this president contributed 6,487 books to restore the Library’s collection.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What does Lady Justice’s sword represent?
What is power and enforcement of law?
Before its own building, the Supreme Court met in this location.
What is the Capitol Building?
Who confirms Supreme Court nominees?
What is the Senate of the United States?
The presence of rooms such as a gym, dining hall, and library suggests the building functions as more than just this.
What is a courtroom?
In what year was the Library of Congress rebuilt?
What is 1897?
What is the minimum age required to get a Library of Congress card?
The construction of a separate Supreme Court Building symbolized the independence of this branch of government.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Although about 10,000 cases are submitted annually, the Court selects only about this percentage to hear.
What is about 100? What is abt 1%
The phrase “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” reflects the Court’s historical connection to this language
What is French?
About how many items are in the Library of Congress today?
What is over 130 million items?
What rare book is one of only a few nearly perfect copies in the world?
What is the Gutenberg Bible?