Civics 5.6 Supreme Court

he Court of Appeals performs the following actions EXCEPT:

• confirm the district court’s ruling

• reverse the district court’s ruling

• send the case back for re-trial

• re-try the case

In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), the Court ruled that the First Amendment protects __________.

• symbolic speech

• anti-war protests

• student organizations

According to the Court’s ruling in Korematsu v. United States (1947), constitutional rights may be suspended during times of war.

• True

• False

What happens if the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case on appeal from the lower courts?

• The case sits in the Court’s docket for the next six months.

• The case immediately goes back to the appellate courts for a re-trial.

• The lower court’s ruling stands and cannot be repealed.

A landmark case is one that __________.

• deals with disputes over states’ borders and water rights

• addresses real estate deals and stock market investments

• addresses a pressing issue of the day and whose decision dramatically affects the nation

As a result of Miranda v. Arizona (1966), nothing suspects say can be used against them in court unless __________.

• wo witnesses are present when they make their statement

• they have been advised of their rights

• the defense attorney gives permission for it to be used

In the 1974 case, __________, the Supreme Court ruled that even the President of the United States cannot withhold evidence from an ongoing criminal investigation.

• United States v. Reagan

• United States v. Nixon

• Kennedy v. Nixon

Where do the majority of cases heard by the Supreme Court originate?

• ambassadors to the US and federal district courts

• federal district courts and Congress

• federal district courts and the states’ highest courts

In the 2000 case __________, the Supreme Court ruled that not having a uniform method for recounting votes violated the candidates’ right to equal protection under the law.

• United States v. Reagan

• Bush v. Gore

• United States v. Nixon

Fred Korematsu sued the US government because he believed his constitutional rights were violated when __________.

• he and all other persons of Japanese ancestry were ordered to leave their homes and move to detention camps

• Japanese Americans were denied the right to vote in the 1944 election

• he was arrested for protesting US involvement in World War II