1. 7th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs. 189-192 Civics in Practice
The Supreme Court
7th Grade Civics
Miss Smith
*pgs Civics in Practice

2. The Power of Judicial Review
______________ laws can be ________ thanks to the power of judicial ______
________ review- courts’ power to decide whether a law or presidential ______ is in agreement with the __________
The _______ _____ holds this ultimate _________
The Constitution doesn’t mention judicial review, it was established by which court case?

3. Choosing Cases
More than __,___ cases are filed with the Supreme Court each ____
The court may decide only about ____-____ of those
It accepts only cases that generally deal with important _____________ or national __________
At least ___ of the ___ justices must vote to hear a case
If the Supreme Court doesn’t take the case, the decision of the lower court ______
The Supreme Court can also _______ a case, or return it to a lower court for a ____ ______

4. Hearing and Deciding Cases
Lawyers have ______ to present their arguments
Justices then go over the __________ and consider what was said in ______
When they are ready to decide on a case, they hold a _______ meeting and ____
The court then offers its _______, which explains the reasoning that came to the Supreme Court’s _________
This is ________ in all lower courts

5. Hearing and Deciding Cases
Concurring opinion- explanation of a justice who ______ with the decision of the ________, but for different reasons
Dissenting opinion- explanation of the reasoning of justices who ________ with a ________ Supreme Court decision
These have ___ effect on the law
BUT, they can become laws if societal _______ and ________ of the justices ______
Ex: Plessy v. Ferguson: Justice Harlan dissented. He said the Constitution did not recognize _____ or ______ distinctions

6. Supreme Court Justices
___ chief justices and ___ associate justices
No ____________ to become a justice
Appointed for ____ by the president and approved by ______
Can be __________

7. Checking the Court’s Power
Executive Branch: President appoints ___ federal judges
Legislative Branch: ______ confirms nominees
If they ______ the nominee, the president must ______ _________ ____
If the Court declares a law unconstitutional, Congress could either ______ the law or ______ the Constitution in order to _____ the law

8. Strengthening Rights
Brown v. Board of Education: decided that _____________ in public schools was unconstitutional
This reversed the earlier decision that __________ was okay as long as it was “separate but _____”
Miranda v. Arizona: declared that the _______ must inform ________ suspects of their rights before ___________ them