Supreme Court Membership And Cases Flashcards
For how long did William Rehnquist serve on the court?
Nearly 34 years
How many vacancies have been on the court since 1789?
118, one every two years
What eating did the senate judiciary committee give Clarence Thomas in 1991?
Qualified
How many nominations have the senate rejected since 1789?
12
Who are the three most recent nominees to be rejected?
Clement haynesworth 1969,
Harold carswell 1979
Robert Bork 1987
Which president nominated john roberts and Samuel alito?
George W bush
Which two nominations did Obama make to the court?
Sonia sotomayor and elena Kagan
Ruth bader-Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer were nominated by whom?
Bill Clinton
Which four major nominations did Ronald Reagan make?
William Rehnquist 1986
Antonin Scalia 1986
Robert Bork 1987
Anthony Kennedy 1988
Engel v vitale
1962, 1st amendment
District of Columbia v heller
2008, 2nd amendment
Swann v Charlotte mecklenburg board of education
1971, 1st amendment
Roe v wade
1973, 14th amendment
Miranda v Arizona
1966, 5th amendment
Plessy v ferguson
1892
Gideon v wainwright
1963, 6th amendment
Romer v Evans
1996, overturned Colorado state law forbidding laws protecting homosexuals from discrimination
Marbury v Madison
1803
Bush v gore
2000
Reynolds v United States
1879, Mormon polygamy not protected under free exercise clause
Texas v Johnson
1989, 1st amendment
Barnes v Glenn theatre
1991, naked dancing is only slightly protected by constitutional 1st amendment
City of Erie v kandyland
2000, strippers have to wear g strings and nipple tassels as constitution does not justify full nakedness
Hustler magazine v Falwell
1988, satirical caricature protected by 1st amendment
