Court Test

Question 1

Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 1

Guaranteed everyone a lawyer for criminal case

Question 2

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 2

Expanded congress power of federal government

Question 3

Scott v. Sanford

Answer 3

Denied slave citizenship

Question 4

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 4

Established separate but equal, legalized segregation

Question 5

Brown v. Topeka

Answer 5

Separate but equal

“Reversed plessy”

Question 6

Miranda v. Arizona

Answer 6

Police must read you your rights

Question 7

Roe v. Wade

Answer 7

Legalized abortion

Question 8

Roberts

Answer 8

George W Bush

Question 9

Scalia

Answer 9

Ronald Reagan

Question 10

Kennedy

Answer 10

Reagan

Question 11

Thomas

Answer 11

George H.W. Bush

Question 12

Ginsburg

Answer 12

Bill Clinton

Question 13

Breyer

Answer 13

Bill Clinton

Question 14

Alito

Answer 14

George W Bush

Question 15

Sotomayor

Answer 15

Obama

Question 16

Kagan

Answer 16

Obama

Question 17

The Supreme Court has both____and___ jurisdiction

Answer 17

Original

Appellate

Question 18

____is the term for acquittal

Answer 18

Not Guilty

Question 19

____is the term for conviction

Answer 19

Guilty

Question 20

_____were created to relieve the supreme courts burden of hearing so many appeals

Answer 20

Court of appeals

Question 21

___is the only court mentioned in the constitution

Answer 21

Supreme Court

Question 22

___was the Chief Justice that wrote the Marbury v. Madison decision

Answer 22

John Marshall

Question 23

3 types of opinions that the Supreme Court justices can write

Answer 23

Majority opinion
Dissenting opinion
Concurring opinion

Question 24

Supreme Court justices are appointed to a ___ term

Answer 24

Life

Question 25

List 4 ways that a Supreme Court Justices Term can end

Answer 25

Impeached Retire Death Resignation

Question 26

Who is the current solicitor general

Answer 26

Donald Verrilli

Question 27

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 27

Established judicial review