The Judicial Branch

Who was the first female supreme court justice?

• Sandra Day O'Conner

• Elena Kagan

• Amy Barrett

• Sonya Sotomayor

Set boundaries or limitations on behaviors, Society's rules.

• Laws

• Amendments

• Opinions

• Religious texts.

Group of laws that define acts that are considered crimes?

• Existing law

• Criminal Law

• Civil Law

• Common Law

In the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the decision is made by ______.

• a single judge

• a jury

• majority vote

• the Supreme Court

Group of laws that refer to disputes between people?

• Civil Laws

• Criminal Law

• Statutory Law

• Administrative Law

Which of the following is the highest level of the federal court system?

• U.S. District Courts

• U.S. Courts of Appeals

• U.S. Supreme Court

• State Courts

After the Supreme Court deliberates and votes they deliver their opinion, what are the two type of opinions that can be delivered

• Yes or No

• Agree or Disagree

• Majority & Minority

• Concurrent & Dissenting

Which Supreme Court cases overturned separate but equal

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott V. Sandford

• Marbury V. Madison

Of the thousands of cases appealed to the supreme court how many are heard?

• All of them

• 500-750

• 300-500

• Less than 200

Which court reviews district court cases?

• District Courts

• Courts of Appeal

• U.S. Supreme Court