Fall2020 Civics Quiz SCOTUS

A Supreme Court Justice serves for _______.

• 4 years

• 7 years

• as long as the President who appointed him is in office

• life

A conservative usually votes for a candidate who belongs to the ______ party.

• Independent

• Republican

• Democrat

• none of these

Many Americans are considered to be ____________ on the political ideology spectrum.

• moderate

• liberal

• left

• conservative

There are ______ justices on the Supreme Court

• 3

• 5

• 9

• 15

A _______ is someone who embraces traditional family values and expects people to be responsible for themselves instead of leaning on the government to fix their personal problems.

• liberal

• conservative

• moderate

• anarchist

The role and duty of the Supreme Court is to ____________ the laws.

• create

• enforce

• interpret

• change

Why do Supreme Court Justices serve for life?

• to have adequate time to become experts on the Constitution

• to allow them to decide on cases without any outside pressure from society

• because the process of appointing a judge is a lengthy process

• there isn't enough qualified judges in the nation to replace the judges.

After the President submits nominee to be the next SCOTUS justice what happens next?

• The president waits for one of the current SCOTUS to resign

• the full senate takes a vote

• the nominee is interviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee

• the FBI does a background check

The SCOTUS verdict on a case is ______ unless they themselves decide to overturn it.

• valid for 10 years

• final

• put before a vote in the senate

• overturned

The SCOTUS verdict on a case is verdict unless they themselves decide to overturn it. Which of the following is an example of that happening?

• Marbury v. Madison was overturned by Scott vs. Sanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe vs. Wade was overturned by Ginsberg vs. Scalia

• McCulloch vs. Maryland was overturned by Plessy vs. Ferguson