SCOTUS Quiz

The principle of Judicial Review was established by which US Supreme Court case?

• Marbury v. Madison
• DC v. Heller
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Beecroft v. Civics 

The principle of Judicial Review allows the Supreme Court to...

• Find persons innocent or guilty 
• Limit the number of cases they hear
• Determine if a law is unconstitutional
• Determine who will be the next chief justice

McCulloch v. Maryland was important because it

• upheld states' rights

• closed the national bank

• established judicial review

• strengthened the necessary and proper, and supremacy clause

The state government was trying to tax the national bank

• McCulloch v. Maryland - Facts
• Wisconsin v. Yoder - Facts
• New York Times v. US - Facts
• Shaw v. Reno - Facts

Congress passed a law to get the Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus to force the President to grant a judicial commission.

• Marbury v. Madison - Facts
• Schenck v. United States - Facts
• Tinker v. Des Moines - Facts
• US v. Lopez - Facts

The Supreme Court ruled that federal law creating the national bank had precedence over the state law.

• McCulloch v. Maryland - Outcome
• Schenck v. United States - Outcome
• Tinker v. Des Moines - Outcome
• US v. Lopez - Outcome

Congress had not authority to change the Supreme Court's authority and the law was overturned. This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review.

• Marbury v. Madison - Outcome
• Shaw v. Reno - Outcome
• McCulloch v. Maryland - Outcome
• Engle v. Vitale - Outcome

Which case was based on the Necessary & Proper Clause AND Supremacy Clause

• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Engle v. Vitale
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• New York Times v. US

A Supreme Court Justice serves for _______.

• 4 years

• 7 years

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

• life

There are ______ justices on the Supreme Court

• 3

• 5

• 9

• 15