The Supreme Court The _______ Branch. The Supreme Court The Judicial Branch.

The Supreme Court

The _______ Branch

The Supreme Court

The Judicial Branch

There are __ members on the Supreme Court.

There are 9 members on the Supreme Court.

The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the ____ ______

The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the Chief Justice

The Chief Justice’s name is

____ ______

The Chief Justice’s name is

John Roberts

He is the 17th Chief Justice

He was appointed by President

________ __ ____

He was appointed by President

George W Bush

The 1st African American Manon the Supreme Court was_________ __________

The 1st African American Manon the Supreme Court was

Thurgood Marshall

The 1st Womanon the Supreme Court was_________ __________

The 1st Womanon the Supreme Court was

Sandra Day O’Conner

Judges on the Supreme Court serve for ______.

Judges on the Supreme Court serve for life.

A Judge on the Supreme Court must be __ years old.

There is no age or citizenship requirement to be on the Supreme

Court or a Federal judge

A Judge on the Supreme Court must be ? years old.

There is no age or citizenship requirement to be on the Supreme

Court or a Federal judge

What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?

What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?

• Original Jurisdiction: The right to be the first court of law to hear a case.

What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court Have?

• Original Jurisdiction: The right to be the first court of law to hear a case.

• Appellate Jurisdiction: The right to hear a appeal of a decision (case) from a lower court

Famous Supreme Court Cases

• Dred Scott v Sanford – 1857 decision that, that whether slave or free,

“Negroes” had no right to bring a lawsuit

• Plessy v Ferguson – Separate but equal (for blacks and whites) 1896

• Engel v Vitale – – Schools cannot require students to say prayers in

school

Famous Supreme Court Cases

• Roe v Wade– States cannot ban abortions

• Marbury v Madison– supreme court can overrule a law of congress

• Miranda v Arizona– when being arrested you must be read your rights

before questioning or statements cannot be used as evidence

Famous Supreme Court Cases

• US v Nixon– Executive privilege has limits

• Board of Education v Pico– a school board cannot ban books from a

library just because someone does not agree with the ideas.

Famous Supreme Court Cases

• Brown v Board of Education– School segregation is unconstitutional

• Regents of U Cal v Bakkee– affirmative action

• Texas v Johnson– the government cannot stop a person from a

dissenting view or action because it finds it offensive