Court of Consequences

Out of the thousands of cases submitted to the Supreme Court each year, how many do the justices agree to hear?

• 5

• fewer than 100

• nearly 500

• all of them

The Supreme Court hears ______.

• only civil cases

• only criminal cases

• both criminal and civil cases

• only cases that were turned down by the appeals courts

Which statement is correct about the current Supreme Court?

• Two of the nine justices lean liberal.

• Three of the nine justices lean conservative.

• Six of the nine justices lean conservative.

• All nine justices lean liberal.

The person or entity that brings an appeal to the Supreme Court is called the ___.

• docket

• petitioner

• precedent

• respondent

In the section "Social Media", the author explains that the Communications Decency Act was "intended to nurture" the internet. She means that the laws was created to ___.

• help the internet grow

• monitor the content on the internet

• limit the number of social media sites

• hold social media companies accountable for all user content

The last two paragraphs of the section "Affirmative Action" ___.

• give opposing viewpoints on affirmative action

• present opinions on how the Court will likely rule on the two affirmative action cases

• ask questions to prompt readers to consider how the rulings on the cases might affect them

• explain the likely effects if the Court were to uphold the constitutionality of affirmative action programs

When the author says "that language" in paragraph 4 of the section "Election Law," she is referring to ___.

• the question that opens the section

• the ruling by the State Supreme Court that rejected the 2021 map

• the section of the Constitution referenced in the previous paragraph

• the quote by J. Michael Luttig at the end of the section

In the section "5: Ruling" of the sidebar "inside a Supreme Court Case" which detail is a context clue to the meaning of dissent as used in the section?

• wraps up in June

• lays out the rationale

• explains its reasons for disagreeing

• challenged and overturned

What is the author's purpose for writing this article? Explain how the title and subtitle help convey this purpose.

In the Merrill v. Mulligan case, how does each side use the Voting Rights Act to bolster their argument?