1. THE SUPREME COURT CIVICS CHAPTER 8, SECTION 3 CE.8B AND 8D
MR. COLLINS & MRS. KOZLIK

2. THE SUPREME COURT MOSTLY TAKES ON APPEALS CASES FROM LOWER COURTS
EACH YEAR IT SELECTS FEWER THAN 150 CASES TO HEAR

3. FUNCTION OF THE S. COURT
SUPREME COURTS OF THE U.S. AND VA DETERMINE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAWS AND ACTS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVT.
THIS POWER IS CALLED JUDICIAL REVIEW

4. JUDICIAL REVIEW
JUDICIAL REVIEW MEANS THAT THE COURT CAN REVIEW ANY FEDERAL OR STATE LAW TO SEE IF IT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSTITUTION
JUDICIAL REVIEW WAS EST. IN 1803 WITH THE CASE OF MARBURY VS. MADISON

5. What did Judicial Review Do?
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL SET OUT 3 PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL REVIEW:
1: THE CONSTITUTION IS LAW OF THE LAND
2: STATE LAWS MUST CONFORM TO THE CONSTITUTION
3: THE JUDICIAL BRANCH MUST UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION

6. What’s the importance of Judicial Review?
IT GIVES THE JUDICIAL BRANCH THE AUTHORITY TO CHECK THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES OF GOVT.
HOWEVER CONGRESS CAN CHANGE OR AMEND A LAW SO THAT IT CAN FIT THE CONST.
PRESIDENT MUST ALSO ENFORCE COURT’S RULINGS

7. Site of Controversy THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONTROVERSIAL CASES:
DRED SCOTT VS. SANFORD (1857)
BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUC. (1954)
ROE VS. WADE (1973)

8. Supreme Court Justices
COURT HAS 8 ASSOCIATE JUDGES AND 1 CHIEF JUSTICE
3 WOMEN: RUTH BADER GINSBERG, SONIA SOTOMAYOR, AND ELENA KAGAN
1 AFRICAN AMERICAN: CLARENCE THOMAS
CHIEF JUSTICE: JOHN ROBERTS