1.How are Supreme Court justices selected?

2.Who makes up the Supreme Court?

3.Who was the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court?

4.What does “constitutional” mean?

5.What happens if a law is found to be unconstitutional?

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6. What important power did the Marbury case establish?

7. How can Congress get around a Supreme Court ruling?

8. How can the president check the power of the Supreme Court?

9. What two kinds of disputes have their original trials in the Supreme Court?

10.What are the three principals of judicial review set forth by John Marshall?

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1.What was John Adams greatest act as President?

2.Who was the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court?

3.Justice John Marshall fought in what war?

4.How many court cases did Marshall oversee while on the Supreme Court?

5.Justice Marshall maintained that what was the “supreme law of the land”?

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Describe the types of people who serve as Supreme Court JusticesIdentify the powers of the Supreme Court

Chapter 7 test – Friday, 4/8

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Review for Chapter 7 test

Video – Functions and History of the President

Authority of only Federal courts

to hearAnd decide cases

In accordance with

The Constitution

The authority of a courtTo hear a case appealed

From a lower court

Area of jurisdictionOf a federal court

Of appeals

Authority for both the state

And federal courts to hear And decide cases

The authority to hearCases for the first

time

A ruling that is used as

basis for a judicial

Decision in a laterSimilar case

Detailed explanationOf the legal thinking

Behind a court’s Decision in a case

Authority of only Federal courts

to hearAnd decide cases

In accordance with

The Constitution

The authority of a courtTo hear a case appealed

From a lower court

Area of jurisdictionOf a federal court

Of appeals

Authority for both the state

And federal courts to hear And decide cases

The authority to hearCases for the first

time

A ruling that is used as

basis for a judicial

Decision in a laterSimilar case

Detailed explanationOf the legal thinking

Behind a court’s Decision in a case

1.How many people make up the Supreme court?

2.How long does a member of the Supreme Court have their job?

3.What does a trial court have that the Supreme Court does not have?

4.What type of cases are heard by the Supreme Court?

5.What are the three levels of courts in the judicial branch?

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6.How many justices must recommend a case before it can before the Supreme Court?

7.What court can a person appeal to after the Supreme Court?

8.What court case requires the police to inform a person of their rights when being arrested?

9.Who has the power to impeach Supreme Court Justices?

10.We depend on the Supreme Court to ensure that everyone is treated how?

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Chapter 7 test

Supreme Court

Justices

Justices are Always ________

And judges

POTUS wantsTo pick people

Who _______With him/her

Once on ________Justices can vote

However the want

________ has Rejected many

Of POTUS appointees

POTUS appointsBut _______Approves

ThurgoodMarshall

And Sandra DayO’Connor

Read page 211; Copy & complete following statements

1. It was the duty of -------- to deliver the 58 commissions of John Adams.

2. If the Supreme Court agreed with Marbury, President -------- would likely ignore the order.

3. If the Supreme Court ruled for Madison, it would appear ------ of the executive branch.

4. Marshall asserted that is was the duty of the ------- “to say what the law is”.

5. The Supreme Court claimed its right to declare acts unconstitutional for the first time in ---------.

Describe the types of people who serve as Supreme Court JusticesIdentify the powers of the Supreme Court

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Homework – GR 8-2

____ ______enjoys Power and prestige

Because …

--------- & ----------Branches of government

Must follow rulingsOf Supreme Court

Page 202-03

Important power is ----------;

Decide whetherLaws are allowed

By -----------

If Court decides that a law

Is --------, it has Power to ----- or nullify

That law or action

Page 202-03

1. Dred Scott lived in what two “slave-free zones?

2. What Compromise set a boundary line for slavery in the United States.

3. Who was the Chief Justice in the case of Scott v. Sandford?

4. What amendment to the Constitution eventually overruled the Dred Scott decision?

5. The Dred Scott decision helped fuel the flames for what future war?

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Marbury v. Madison

Adams gives jobTo ------- on last dayOf his presidency

New presidentJefferson tells ------- To not give Marbury

the job

Marbury demands MadisonGive him the job;

Madison says no & isSued by _______

Page 202-03

1. Who first urged Congress to pass a law establishing a national bank?

2. What was the name of the bank manager who refused to pay the Maryland state tax?

3. Which Supreme Court justice delivered the unanimous decision on March 6, 1819?

4. On which clause in the Constitution was the decision based upon?

5. McCulloch v. Maryland established what type of principle?

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Marbury v. Madison

8 Court Cases you should know

Limits on the Courts Power

Adams gives jobTo ------- on last dayOf his presidency

New presidentJefferson tells ------- To not give Marbury

the job

Marbury demands MadisonGive him the job;

Madison says no & isSued by _______

Page 202-03

Marshall writes that Marbury’s

Claim is valid according to ---------- of 1789 …

… but he also rules thatPart of the Judiciary Act

Was ---------- thusHe could not force Madison

To give Marbury the job

Page 202-03

Established the Power of

Judicial Review

Ruled that in a Conflict between a

State and the national Government, national

Government is supreme

Held that a state lawThat discriminated against

Women was unconstitutional

Legalized a woman’s

Right to an Abortion in certain

circumstances

Ruled that at time of Arrest, suspects cannot be

Questioned until informed ofTheir rights

Overturned Plessy;

Began school Integration in

1954

Declared that a person accused of a major crimeHad right to legal

Counsel during a trial

Struck down Federal Flag Protection Act;

Held that flag burningIs expressive speech

Constitution is ------- Law of the land

… In any -------- betweenThe Constitution and any Other law, the Constitution

rules

When a law conflicts withThe Constitution, the

----------- can nullifyOr cancel unconstitutional

laws

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1.How are Supreme Court justices selected?

2.Who makes up the Supreme Court?

3.Who was the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court?

4.What does “constitutional” mean?

5.What happens if a law is found to be unconstitutional?

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6. What important power did the Marbury case establish?

7. How can Congress get around a Supreme Court ruling?

8. How can the president check the power of the Supreme Court?

9. What two kinds of disputes have their original trials in the Supreme Court?

10.What are the three principals of judicial review set forth by John Marshall?

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Limits on the Courts Power

GR 8-3

8 questions you should know for quiz tomorrow

Limits on Powera. Depends on President, governors to _____

decisionsb. President _______ in case of Worcester v. Georgia c. “_____ ______ has made his decision …

President Jacksona. Chose to _______ decision of Supreme Courtb. No public _______ to force Jackson to act

Congressa. Get around SC by passing a new ____ or changing

badb. Can also adapt ______ to undo Court rulings

Cases Courts can heara. Can only decide on cases that come to the ______b. All cases must be submitted ______ disputesC. Only acts on cases involving _____ laws and

disputes

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1. In the early 1800’s, African American slaves were what percentage of the South’s population?

2. What did President Lincoln publish on January 1st, 1863?

3. What was the first of the five cases that would eventually become the Brown versus Board of Education case?

4. What was the first act of civil disobedience by the students at Moton High?

5. When did Marshall take the Clarendon case to the US Federal District Court?

6.Who was Marshall’s legal opponent in the Brown versus Board of Education case?

7.How many Supreme Court justices voted against the Brown v. Board of Education case?

8.What four word phrase in Brown versus Board of Education caused tremendous delay after 1954?

9.According to Julian Bond, what determines lifestyle more than anything else in the country?

10. Is there still racial inequality in schools today?

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Explain the steps taken by the Supreme Court in deciding which cases to hearDescribe the factors that influence Supreme Court decisions

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Steps in Decision Making Process

Ch. 8 Vocab. Activity

Outside?

Read pages 208-210; Copy statement; fill in the blank.

1. A guiding principle for all judges is the -------- term, stare decisis, which means, “let the decision stand.”

2. The Supreme Court sometimes reviews a case to clarify meaning of the -------- for an important issue.

3. In 1954, in the case of Brown v. Board, the court overturned the ------- of “separate but equal”.

4. The Court found that segregation was a violation of the ------ protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

5. Justices have varying views of the law and the proper --------- of the courts in our society.

Explain the steps taken by the Supreme Court in deciding which cases to hearDescribe the factors that influence Supreme Court decisions

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Hwk – Complete Ch. 8 Vocab activity

--------- is guiding principle;

Let the decision stand

Social conditions, publicAttitudes & technology

changesForce court to be --------

Sometimes reviews a caseTo clarify -------- of The Constitution

When social conditions changeThe Court may make new

--------- of the law

Plessy versus Ferguson Created ---------

Facilities for whites andAfrican Americans

By 1950’s, Society’s view onRacial segregation changed

With -----------