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7th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs. 189-192 Civics in Practice
The Supreme Court 7th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs Civics in Practice
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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?
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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 ____ ______
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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
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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
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Supreme Court Justices
___ chief justices and ___ associate justices No ____________ to become a justice Appointed for ____ by the president and approved by ______ Can be __________
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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
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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
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