Judicial Branch

Federal Judges are approved for lifetime terms but first must be approved by who?

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Supreme Court 
• public in a nationwide vote

Approximately, how many cases does the Supreme Court hear each year?

• 75-100
• 125-150
• 250-300
• 750-1,000

Today's Supreme Court leans primarily towards which political party? 

• Democrats
• Republicans
• Neither 

A justice who disagrees with the majority decision may write what? 

• dissenting opinion
• concurring opinion
• minority opinion
• mind your own opinion 

What is the guiding _principle for all judges? 

• stare decisis 
• rule of law
• majority opinion
• Judicial Review

The power to say whether a law or government action goes against the Constitution is known as what? 

• Judicial Review
• original jurisdiction
• court ruling 
• awesome! 

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice? 

• Clarence Thomas
• Thurgood Marshall
• William Marbury
• Eric Wright 

Who was the first ^female to sit on the Supreme Court?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Elena Kagen

During oral arguments before the Supreme Court, lawyers from each side get how much time to argue their case?

• 30 minutes
• 45 minutes
• 60 minutes
• as long as they want

What is the ^motto found at the entrance of the Supreme Court building?

• In God We Trust
• Equal Justice Under Law
• Out of Many, One
• E Pluribus Unum