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Supreme Court Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!

Basic Information… 9 Justices Nominated by President Approved by Senate Hold position for life or until retire

Judicial Review… Marbury v. Madison Reviews Constitutionality of: State and federal legislation Actions of chief executives Decisions of other courts

Important Terms… Writ of Certiorari Stare Decisis/ Precedent Remember: Majority Opinion Concurring Opinion Dissenting Opinion The losing litigant in the court below asks permission and the Supreme Court exercises its discretion to grant review.

I will take this case all the way to the Supreme Court … “Rule of Four” Annual docket = 8,000 cases Fewer than 100 heard or reviewed $300 filing fee In forma pauperis outnumber 3-1 Quorum = 6 Four justices must agree to hear the case. -- Minority sets the agenda

Basic Biographical Information Review the bios of the nine Supreme Court Justices Try and determine if the Justice is conservative or liberal

Chief Justice John Roberts Harvard grad Law clerk for Rehnquist Associate Counsel to Reagan U.S.Court of Appeals for D.C. Nominated Chief Justice by Pres. Bush 2005

Samuel Alito Yale Law U.S. Attorney New Jersey U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Bush 2006

Stephen Breyer Harvard Law Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Clinton 1994

Ruth Bader Ginsberg Harvard and Cornell Law School Professor at Rutgers, Columbia 1971 - Launched the Women’s Rights Project of the ACLU ACLU General Counsel and Board of Directors Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Clinton in 1993

Clarence Thomas Yale Law Asst. Attorney General of Missouri Asst. Sec. for Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Ed. Chairman EEO Commission Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Bush 1991

David Souter Rhodes Scholar Harvard Law Attorney General of New Hampshire U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Bush in 1990.

Anthony Kennedy Harvard Law Chaired the Committee on Pacific Territories U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Reagan 1988

Antonin Scalia Harvard Law Law Professor UVA, Georgetown, Stanford U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Reagan in 1986

John Paul Stevens Northwestern Law U.S. Navy U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Nominated Associate Justice by Pres. Ford 1975

Review the following Decisions Use the voting patterns of the Justices to determine what you believe will be their vote for the following cases… Wallace v. Kato Philip Morris USA v. Williams Cunningham v. California

Sources: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/scprimer.pdf http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.pdf http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justices/presjustices.html

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