SUPREME COURT JEOPARDY

MASH IT UP

100

THERE ARE 9 JUDGES IN THIS ROOM

What is SUPREME COURT)?

200

SO THEY WILL NOT BE  BOUGHT OR INFLUENCED BY OTHERS 

What is LIFE TERM?

300

THE 1ST COURT IN FEDERAL CASES

What is DISTRICT COURT?

400

supreme court justice nomination

President nominates someone to become a judge

Senate majority vote confirms

Remember – Senatorial Courtesy

500

lower courts a re called 

What is inferior courts?

MASH IT UP AGAIN

100

Who gives the sc its power?

Article III of the Constitution creates “one supreme court, and such inferior courts” that Congress creates

200

the federal govt makes laws for all & the states make laws for those states 

federalism

300

the authority or power to act, make decisions 

jurisdiction

400

not legal

legal

What is unconstitutional & constitutional 

500

the role of the sc

What is interpret the law?

Power of Federal Govt

100

This case ruled that the necessary and proper clause creates implied congressional powers, including the power to create a national bank. Also held that states cannot interfere with legitimate acts of the federal government.

What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

200

This case ruled that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was constitutional even though it violated habeas corpus and due process protections.

What is Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)?

300

This case established the supremacy of the federal government in all areas relating to interstate commerce.

What is Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?

400

This case held that each citizen held dual citizenship (to their state and the federal govt), so the Bill of Rights only protects an individual from the federal government, not states.

What is Barron v. Baltimore (1833)?

500

This case ruled that Congress may delegate additional powers to the President in the area of foreign policy (but not domestic policy, as that would violate the separation of powers).

What is U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright (1936)?

Civil Rights

100

This case ruled that a slave in the north is not free and that - because a slave is property, not a person - slaves can never sue in U.S. courts.

What is Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?

200

This case ruled it was unconstitutional for states to pass anti-sodomy laws (laws that ban homosexual activity).

What is Lawrence v. Texas (2003)?

300

This case ruled the universities may use race-conscious admissions policies in the interest of creating a diverse student population, but these policies could not include a numerical quota. (1st case)

What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?

400

This case ruled that implementing desegregation (Brown) could include racial quotas, redrawing school district boundaries, and busing.

What is Swann v. Charlotte-Macklenburg (1971)?

500

This case ruled that it is unconstitutional for a state to ban biracial marriage.

What is Loving v. Virginia (1967)?

Bill of Rights

100

This case ruled that the exclusionary rule applies to the states.

What is Mapp v. Ohio (1961)?

200

This case ruled that a fundamental right to privacy protects a woman's right to an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.

What is Roe v. Wade (1973)?

300

This case ruled that the Constitution creates "zones of privacy" that prevent laws banning birth control.

What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?

400

This case ruled that searches in a school require only reasonable suspicion due to the need to maintain a learning environment.

What is TLO v. New Jersey (1985)?

500

This case ruled that the death penalty does not "invariably violate the Constitution."

What is Gregg v. Georgia (1976)?