Civics: judicial branch and nh ppt Flashcards
Nickname
Granite state
9 Justices
Chief: John Roberts Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor Elana Kagan
Motto
“Live free or die”- General John stark
Population
1.3 million
Rank in population
41
Area
Apr 9,000
Rank in area
46
State symbol
Old man of the mountain
State bird
Purple finch
State tree
White birch
State flower
Purple likac
State animal
Whitetail deer
State wildflower
Pink lady’s slipper
State fruit
Pumpkin
State freshwater fish
Brook trout
Number to ratify constitution
9th
Largest city
Manchester apr 110,000 pop.
Major industries
1 tourism as well as lumber, textile, paper
Current governor
Maggie Hanssan (D)
Current us senators
Jeanne shaheen (d) Kelly ayotte (r)
Current representatives
Carol Shea-porter (d-nh1) Ann Kuster (D-NH2)
List of counties
Belknap Carrol Cheshire Coos Graft on Hillsborough Merrimack Rockingham Strafford Sullivan
Top 5 populated cities
Manchester, Nashua, concord, Derry, Dover
River that divides nh and vt
Connecticut
State/provinces that border
Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Quebec
Original Capitol
Portsmouth
Last royal governor
Date he left
John wentworth
August 23, 1775
Recommended to call “state”
John Adams- distinguish between royal and free colonies
How many tries to ratify nh constitution of 1784
3
How many amendments?
141
Examples of cruel and unusual punishment
The pillory, the ducking stool, public penance, the Scarlet letter, branding
who could vote when nh constitution first passed
white male property owners over 21
who was marilla ricker?
nh first female attonery
first woman in the nation to attempt to vote
candidate for governor in 1910 not on ballad
worked for women’s suffrage
describe nh’s legislative branch
most representative in world 1 rep to 3500 citizens
400 in hor
24 in senate
role of executive council
group of 5 people elected every 2 years
advisory group of governor- limit power of governor have to approve his decisions
gubernatorial
governor’s power
first female justice
sandra day o’ connor
first african american justice
thurgood marshal
first latina justice
sonia sotomayor
newly retired from nh
david souter
only justice to hold presidency too
william howard taft
famous dissenter
oliver wendell homes
Chief Justice
john roberts
marbury vs. Madison
11803 granted sc right to judicial review
dred scott vs. Sanford
1857 denied humanity of african americans
plessy vs. ferguson
1896 legalized segregation
brown vs. board of education
1954 illegalized segregation
miranda vs. arizona
1966 Miranda rights
roe vs. wade
1973 legalized abortion
clinton vs. city of ny
1998 illegalized line item vetos
finished article 3
federal judiciary act of 1789
to appeal your case
have a higher court review your case
lowest court at federal level
federal district court 96
original jurisdiction
first court to hear a case
jurisdiction
appropriateness to hear a case
appellate jurisdiction
court can only hear case if it is appealed
us court of appeals
13
circuit courts
only appellate jurisdiction never origianl
70,000 cases per years
federal district courts
96
original jurisdiction involving federal crime
300,000 cases per year 80% of federal cases
Supreme Court
1 final say both appellate and original jurisdiction- in 7 cases 4 justices must agree to hear a case 100-150 cases 2-3 original jurisdiction
judicial review
implied power of Supreme Court
look at law and compare it to constitution and throw it away if so
docket
list of cases to e heard by supreme court
term of office for a justice
term of good behavior
term for judicial branch
october term
october- june/july
majority opinion
decision in court
written by most senior member
concurring opinion
written by someone else in majority to highlight something else
dissenting/ minority opinion
writen by most senior member in minority
