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Judicial Branch
Constitutional Amendments
Landmark Cases
Amending the Constitution
Supreme Court Decisions
100
Person whose job it is to appoint federal judges
What is President?
100

Five freedoms found in the First Amendment.

Freedom of speech, Freedom of religion, freedom to assemble (peaceably), freedom of the press, freedom to petition the government.

100
Which Supreme Court case supported the idea that races can be "separate but equal"?
Plessy vs Ferguson
100
Who must approve any amendments to the Constitution?
Congress or the states legislatures
100
True or False: The Supreme Court has the power to decide if the actions of the other two branches are unconstitutional.
What is True? This is called Judical Review
200
Total Number Of Justices in the Supreme Court.
What is 9
200

The Amendment that said if born in the U.S. you're a citizen and receive all rights and equal protection of the law.

What is Fourteenth Amendment

200
In which supreme court case did the practice of "Police informaing suspects of their rights before questioning" first come into play?
What is Miranda v. Arizona
200
What is an amendment?
A change or new law to the Constitution
200
True or false: The Supreme Court is forced to choose all the cases that are appealed to it.
What is False? They make their own choices as to which cases to hear. Normally they hear cases regarding the Constitution that affect the nation as a whole. Big impact cases.
300
Length of a term for all Supreme Court Justices.
What is Life
300

Amendment that requires a search warrant in order to search your property.

What is the 4th Amendment?

300
Under which President's term did the supreme court decide that Presidents were not above the law?
What is Nixon?
300
How many amendments have been added to the constitution since 1787?
What is 27?
300
Why is Brown vs. Board considered a landmark case?
it ended segregation in public schools.
400
What is the main role of the judicial branch?
To interpret the law... make sense of what the law really says..
400

Amendment that says government can use "eminent domain" to purchase private property for public or government use.

What is the 5th Amendment?

400
Which supreme court case decided that the 'Right to Counsel' and the right to 'Due Process' were entitled to American citizens?
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
400
How many amendments have been added to the constitution since 1787?
27
400

This case ruled that being sent to the State Industrial School was a violation of the 14th Amendment.

What was in re Gault about?

500

How many 'levels' are there in the Federal Court system? 

What is 3? Trial Court (District Court), Court of Appeals, Supreme Court

500

Amendment that says you do not have to be a witness against yourself?

What is the 5th Amendment?

500
Which supreme court case established the doctrine of "judicial review"
What is Marbury v. Madison
500
What article of the Constitution describes the steps to adding an amendment?
Article 5
500
In Hazelwood vs. Kulhmeir, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the High School. How did this case limit the rights of the students? (think about the impact of the case)
Students lose their freedom of speech when publishing articles that are not associated with the curriculum.