Thursday Quiz 12/21/23- Supreme Court Cases

Which landmark case by the Supreme Court ensured that they (Supreme Court) could declare laws from Congress to be unconstitutional.

• Marbury v. Madison
• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Plessy v. Fergusson

• U.S. v Nixon

Which landmark case by the Supreme Court desegregated schools in America?

• Smith v Topeka Schools

• Miranda v Arizona

• Brown v Board of Education

• U.S. v Nixon

Which landmark case by the Supreme Court ensured this quotation you see on TV dramas ALL the time? "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you."

• Dredd Scott v Sandford

• Miranda v Arizona

• Brown v Board of Education

• U.S. v Nixon

Which landmark case by the Supreme Court is (today) widely regarded as so bad, it was reversed by the 14th Amendment after it was decided?

• Dredd Scott v Sandford

• Miranda v Arizona

• Brown v Board of Education

• U.S. v Nixon

This week we have been studying which correct Branch of Government/vocab pairing?

• The Judicial Branch : aka the Supreme Court

• The Judicial Branch : aka Congress

• The Executive Branch : aka the President

• The Legislative Branch : aka Congress

Which Court Case is this Supreme Court document highlighting below?

• Marbury v Madison

• Brown v Board of Education

• U.S. v Nixon

• Miranda v Arizona

Which Court Case is this Supreme Court document highlighting below?

• Marbury v Madison

• Brown v Board of Education

• U.S. v Nixon

• Miranda v Arizona

The advice that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives in this passage reflects upon which part of our Supreme Court video analysis we did as a class?

• The importance of collegiality and closeness- working together to make change and win minds.

• The importance of bravery in the face of hate- never give up the fight!

• The importance of brilliance and knowing the law- reading 7,000-8,000 legal cases will do that to you.

• The importance of having legal clerks to help you along the way- collect friends to do the hard work for you.

This week we studied the ​ (a)   . It is one of ​ (b)   in the United States Government. We call the people on the Supreme Court ​ (c)   and they work ​ (d)   daily. In one year they will review ​ (e)   legal cases for our country before making a decision on about 150 of them.

• Supreme Court
• Three Branches
• Justices
• very hard
• 7,000-8,000
• Bill of Rights
• The parts
• 700-800
• clerks
• all year

In our video about the Supreme Court Justices we learned how they ​ (a)   . First they work with their 4-5 ​ (b)   to review and discuss ​ (c)   . Then they read, discuss, and debate with ​ (d)   . If ​ (e)   of them vote that the legal issue is important enough they ALL focus on it, and make a decision.

• make decisions
• law clerks
• cases
• each other
• 3
• eat lunch together
• secretaries
• half
• briefs
• Congress