Supreme Court
This is the highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court?
This 1803 case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This is the power of courts to determine whether actions are constitutional.
What is judicial review?
The President can check Congress with this power.
What is the veto?
This term refers to the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This is the number of justices currently serving on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
This case ruled that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
These are written decisions explaining the Court's ruling.
What are opinions?
What is confirmation/advice & consent?
A system in which power is divided between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
Supreme Court justices serve this length of time.
What is for life?
This case legalized abortion nationwide in 1937.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This type of court has the authority to hear a case first.
What is original jurisdiction?
Congress checks the judicial branch with this power over federal courts.
What is impeachment?
This principle ensures that no branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This Chief Justice established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison.
Who is John Marshall?
This case protected student symbolic speeches involving black armbands.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This type of opinion agrees with the majority ruling but for different reasons.
What is a concurring opinion?
This branch can declare executive or legislative actions unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Rights that cannot be taken away by the government, such as life, liberty, and property.
What are natural rights?
This term refers to the Supreme Court's power to choose which cases it will hear.
What is certiorari/writ of cert?
This case ruled that individuals must be informed of their rights when arrested.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The Supreme Court relies on this, meaning "let the decision stand".
What is stare decisis?
Congress can override a presidential veto with this majority.
What is a two-thirds vote in both houses?