Supreme Court of the United States

What is the nickname sometimes used to refer to the Supreme Court of the United States?

• S.C.O.T.U.S

• Supreme Cocoa

• Cocoa Supreme

• Supreme Court

What is the first thing you need to take a case to the Supreme Court?

• A case or controversy

• A petition for a writ of certiorari

• An appeal from a lower court

• An exhausted appeal at lower levels

What is the formal request called to ask the Supreme Court to hear a case?

• Certiorari

• Petition

• Writ

• Appeal

How many justices have to agree to hear a case for it to be granted?

• 4

• 5

• 8

• 9

What are written legal arguments from each side called?

• Briefs

• Underwear

• Petitions

• Arguments

What are friend of the court briefs called?

• Amicus curiae

• Amicus briefs

• Legal arguments

• Interest group briefs

How much time does each side get for oral arguments?

• Half an hour

• One hour

• 15 minutes

• One day

What is the decision of the court called that either affirms or overturns the lower court's ruling?

• The holding

• The majority opinion

• The dissenting opinion

• The concurring opinion

What is the legal reasoning behind the holding called?

• Rationale

• Precedent

• Argument

• Opinion

What is the term for the opinions written by judges who did not support the majority decision?

• Dissenting opinions

• Concurring opinions

• Majority opinions

• Binding opinions