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9 SCOTUS justices: last name, political ideology, who appointed them, and religion

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1) Roberts: Chief Justice: Catholic, swing, W. Bush

2) Coney-Barrett: Catholic, conservative, Trump

3) Clarence Thomas: Catholic, conservative, HW Bush

4) Alito: Catholic, conservative, W Bush

5) Gorsuch: Catholic, conservative, Trump

6) Kavanaugh: Catholic, conservative, Trump

7) Sotamayor: Catholic, liberal, Obama

8) Kagan: Jewish, liberal, Obama

9) Jackson: Protestant, liberal, Biden

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t or f: in a typical term the SCOTUS decides more cases 5 to 4 than 9 to 0

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FALSE most are 9 to 0

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approx. how many cases are appealed to the SCOTUS each year? accepted (percent and number)?

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8000 appealed

80 or 1% accepted

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TRUE OR FALSE?  When the Supreme Court decides not to hear a case (denies certiorari) it is saying that it agrees with the lower court’s opinion and that the lower court decision should become a precedent.

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FALSE not a precedent, the SCOTUS doesn't want to hear it

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Which court system generates most of the cases accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court—state or federal? Explain your answer.

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Federal courts because states have their own Supreme Courts, but federal courts tend to go all the way up to the Supreme Court.

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TRUE or FALSE?  Most experts who study the Court believe that the primary reason the Court decides to hear a case is to correct a legal error made by a court below.

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Primary reason is to resolve a conflict between state courts.

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Which justices, if any, had no prior judicial experience before joining the Court?

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Kagan (has been a lawyer, not a judge)

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True or False – A vacancy on the Supreme Court has occurred about once every two years, so a president will probably have at least one appointment during his term.

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TRUE

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who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court

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justice Sandra Day O'Connor

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which former president also served as Chief Justice of the US

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Taft