The Supreme Court and Articles 4-8

The Judicial Branch

• Judges laws

• makes laws

• enforces laws

The number of justices in the Supreme Court is....

• 7

• 9

• 11

The first woman to be appointed a Supreme Court justice is

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Anita Hill

• Elizabeth Dole

A formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case is known as

• writ of certiorari

• bill of attainder

• ex post facto law

Qualifications of a Supreme Court justice are

• The same as for the President

• the same as for a congress member

• not stated in the Constitution

When the Supreme Court hears a case for the first time it is called

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• due process of law

When the Supreme Court hears a case that has already ben heard in a lower court it is called

• Appellate jurisdiction

• double jeopardy

• original jurisdiction

Article V (5) is important because it tells...

• How the Constitution can be amended

• how the Constitution must be ratified

• about guarantees given to the states

Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court

• the Senate

• The VP

• The president

Article which established the Supreme Court

• Article IV (4)

• Article III (3)

• Article V (5)