Key Terms
TRIVIA: The official title of John Roberts, who currently leads the Supreme Court. (400 points)
Who is the Chief Justice?
TRIVIA: This supreme court case involved executive privilege (200 points)
What is Nixon v United States (1974)
TRIVIA: This president tried to increase the number of Supreme Court justices to 15 (300 points)
Who is FDR
TRIVA: This is the year that the most recent Supreme Court Judge was put into the court. (400 points)
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022)
TRIVA: There were this many supreme court justices originally (300 points)
What is 6
The Constitution is the....
What is Supreme Law of the Land
This case ended Segregation in education
What is Brown v Board of Education (1954)
This article of the Constitution creates the judicial branch
What is III
What check does the judicial branch have on congress?
There are this many supreme court justices
What is 9
This is where the government must follow certain defined steps in order to carry out the law
Due Process
Established that the Supreme Court has the right to declare laws established by Congress has unconstitutional
What is Maybury v. Madison?
Major differences between criminal and civil cases (must get both)
What is burden of proof and purpose of punishment
This is a check that the Executive Branch has on the Judicial branch?
Supreme Court justices serve this many years
The power of the court to analyze the constitutionality of acts of Congress
What is judicial review?
Tinker v Des Moines (1969) can be summarized as
Protected Students rights to freedom of speech provided it does not cause substantial disruption to the educational process
Define both judicial activism and judicial restraint
What is:
judicial activism - Advocating for social change
Judicial restraint - Deferring to other branches of government
Check that the judicial branch has on the Executive Branch
What is striking down executive orders
This many justices needed to accept a court case
What is 4 / Rule of 4
What is appellate jurisdiction
What is ability to review lower court case decisions
Court case name and year that allowed burning of the United States flag
Texas v Johnson (1989)
Three types of Supreme Court Opinions
What is Concurring, Dissenting, and Majority
Check Congress has on the judicial branch (must name both)
What is impeachment and confirmation hearings
The three names of the 3 biggest courts in the United States
What is
Trial Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court