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1
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Gideon v. Wainwright

A

Guaranteed everyone a lawyer for criminal case

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Gibbons v. Ogden

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Expanded congress power of federal government

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3
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Scott v. Sanford

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Denied slave citizenship

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4
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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Established separate but equal, legalized segregation

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5
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Brown v. Topeka

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Separate but equal

“Reversed plessy”

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6
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Miranda v. Arizona

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Police must read you your rights

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Roe v. Wade

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Legalized abortion

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8
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Roberts

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George W Bush

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9
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Scalia

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Ronald Reagan

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10
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Kennedy

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Reagan

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11
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Thomas

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George H.W. Bush

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12
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Ginsburg

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Bill Clinton

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13
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Breyer

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Bill Clinton

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14
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Alito

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George W Bush

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15
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Sotomayor

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Obama

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16
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Kagan

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Obama

17
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The Supreme Court has both____and___ jurisdiction

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Original

Appellate

18
Q

____is the term for acquittal

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Not Guilty

19
Q

____is the term for conviction

A

Guilty

20
Q

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

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Court of appeals

21
Q

___is the only court mentioned in the constitution

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Supreme Court

22
Q

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

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John Marshall

23
Q

3 types of opinions that the Supreme Court justices can write

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Majority opinion
Dissenting opinion
Concurring opinion

24
Q

Supreme Court justices are appointed to a ___ term

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Life

25
Q

List 4 ways that a Supreme Court Justices Term can end

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Impeached
Retire
Death
Resignation

26
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Who is the current solicitor general

A

Donald Verrilli

27
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Marbury v. Madison

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Established judicial review

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