1. Consider: How many Supreme Court justices can you name? The Last Word: Assignment #22 for Wednesday; test Friday

2. Membership and Work of the Supreme Court AP Government and Politics Chapter 9

3. How many can you name?

4. List all nine current Supreme Court justices… 1.Scalia 2.Roberts 3.Kagan 4.Sotomayor 5.Ginsburg 6.Alito 7.Breyer 8.Kennedy 9.Thomas

5. Current Membership of the Court

7. Favorability of the Court

8. Ideology of the Court How would you begin to answer this question? What do you know about the current “ideological makeup of the Court?

9. Where do they fall…unofficially?

13. Appealing to the Supreme Court How do most cases reach the Court? (under which jurisdiction?) How many justices does it take to decide to hear a case? Why is this number unusual? What is a “writ of certiorari”? Around what % of cert petitions are actually granted each term?

14. Deciding to decide – What are the criteria that make a case “certworthy”?

16. Consider: What makes a case “certworthy”? The Last Word: Assignment #22 for tomorrow

17. On the Justices and Oral Argument

18. Roberts on Oral Argument

19. Cameras in the Court? Recently, much has been made about introducing video cameras into the Supreme Court. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/politics/supreme-court- video/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/politics/supreme-court- video/ – Scalia on Cameras Scalia on Cameras – Kennedy on Cameras Kennedy on Cameras – Breyer on Cameras Breyer on Camera – Kagan on cameras Kagan on cameras – Arlen Specter on cameras Arlen Specter on cameras http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3572: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3572 What are the arguments in favor of televising Supreme Court hearings? What are the arguments against televising Supreme Court hearings? Which do you support?