The Supreme Court of the United States

the belief that the Court must take action when Americans' rights are violated and should help resolve difficult social and political issues

• judicial activism

• concurring opinion

• advisory opinion

• judicial restraint

What are some ways that the legislative branch can check the power of the Supreme Court?

•  Approve or reject judicial nominees, impeach judges, and set judicial salaries.

• Change laws in response to decisions.

• Ignore the ruilings that Congress doesn't agree with.

How many justices serve on the Supreme Court?

• 9

• 6

• 12

• 15

This case ended segregation in public schools

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

• Bethel School District v. Fraser

This case said the courts had to provide lawyers for those who can't afford one

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Terry v. Ohio

• Gideon vs. Wainwright

• Miranda v. Arizona

In Plessy V. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was

• unconstitutional

• legal in all forms

• legal as long as the facilities were equal

• protected by the First Amendment

The power of judicial review means that the Supreme Court can ...

• declare laws passed by Congress or actions of the president unconstitutional

• review the Constitution and make laws

• review the Constitution and veto laws

• impeach a president or member of Congress for doing something unconstitutional

recent law school graduate who assists a justice

• brief

• rule of four

• clerk

• solicitor general

view that justices should support existing laws

• judicial activism

• judicial restraint

• contentious

• advisory opinion

Congress’s ability to impeach justices is an example of

• how the judicial branch can check the power of the legislative branch.

• how the legislative branch can check the power of the judicial branch.

• the federal government’s authority over the state governments.

• the state governments’ authority over the federal government.