1. The Supreme Court
The _______ Branch

2. The Supreme Court
The Judicial Branch

3. There are __ members on the Supreme Court.

4. There are 9 members on the Supreme Court.

5. The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the ____ ______

6. The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the Chief Justice

7. The Chief Justice’s name is ____ ______

8. The Chief Justice’s name is John Roberts
He is the 17th Chief Justice

9. He was appointed by President ________ __ ____

10. He was appointed by President George W Bush

11. The 1st African American Man on the Supreme Court was _________ __________

12. The 1st African American Man on the Supreme Court was Thurgood Marshall

13. The 1st Woman on the Supreme Court was _________ __________

14. The 1st Woman on the Supreme Court was Sandra Day O’Conner

15. The 1st Latino American on the Supreme Court was _________ __________

16. The 1st Latino American on the Supreme Court was Sonia Sotomayor

17. Judges on the Supreme Court serve for ______.

18. Judges on the Supreme Court serve for life.

19. A Judge on the Supreme Court must be __ years old
A Judge on the Supreme Court must be __ years old. There is no age or citizenship requirement to be on the Supreme Court or a Federal judge

20. A Judge on the Supreme Court must be. years old
A Judge on the Supreme Court must be ? years old. There is no age or citizenship requirement to be on the Supreme Court or a Federal judge

21. The Current Supreme Court

22. The Current Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Ronald Reagan
John G. Roberts (Chief Justice)
George W. Bush
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
George H. W. Bush
Stephen Breyer
Bill Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
Barack Obama
Elena Kagan

23. What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?

24. What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?
Original Jurisdiction: The right to be the first court of law to hear a case.

25. What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?
Original Jurisdiction: The right to be the first court of law to hear a case.
Appellate Jurisdiction: The right to hear a appeal of a decision (case) from a lower court

26. Famous Supreme Court Cases
Dred Scott v Sanford
1857 decision that, that whether slave or free, “Negroes” had no right to bring a lawsuit
Plessy v Ferguson
Separate but equal (for blacks and whites) 1896
Engel v Vitale –
Schools cannot require students to say prayers in school

27. Famous Supreme Court Cases
Roe v Wade
States cannot ban abortions
Marbury v Madison
supreme court can overrule a law of congress
Miranda v Arizona
when being arrested you must be read your rights before questioning or statements cannot be used as evidence

28. Famous Supreme Court Cases
US v Nixon
Executive privilege has limits
Board of Education v Pico
a school board cannot ban books from a library just because someone does not agree with the ideas.

29. Famous Supreme Court Cases
Brown v Board of Education
School segregation is unconstitutional
Regents of U Cal v Bakkee
affirmative action
Texas v Johnson
the government cannot stop a person from a dissenting view or action because it finds it offensive