Supreme Court Membership And Cases

Question 0

For how long did William Rehnquist serve on the court?

Answer 0

Nearly 34 years

Question 1

How many vacancies have been on the court since 1789?

Answer 1

118, one every two years

Question 2

What eating did the senate judiciary committee give Clarence Thomas in 1991?

Answer 2

Qualified

Question 3

How many nominations have the senate rejected since 1789?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

Who are the three most recent nominees to be rejected?

Answer 4

Clement haynesworth 1969,
Harold carswell 1979
Robert Bork 1987

Question 5

Which president nominated john roberts and Samuel alito?

Answer 5

George W bush

Question 6

Which two nominations did Obama make to the court?

Answer 6

Sonia sotomayor and elena Kagan

Question 7

Ruth bader-Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer were nominated by whom?

Answer 7

Bill Clinton

Question 8

Which four major nominations did Ronald Reagan make?

Answer 8

William Rehnquist 1986
Antonin Scalia 1986
Robert Bork 1987
Anthony Kennedy 1988

Question 9

Engel v vitale

Answer 9

1962, 1st amendment

Question 10

District of Columbia v heller

Answer 10

2008, 2nd amendment

Question 11

Swann v Charlotte mecklenburg board of education

Answer 11

1971, 1st amendment

Question 12

Roe v wade

Answer 12

1973, 14th amendment

Question 13

Miranda v Arizona

Answer 13

1966, 5th amendment

Question 14

Plessy v ferguson

Answer 14

1892

Question 15

Gideon v wainwright

Answer 15

1963, 6th amendment

Question 16

Romer v Evans

Answer 16

1996, overturned Colorado state law forbidding laws protecting homosexuals from discrimination

Question 17

Marbury v Madison

Answer 17

1803

Question 18

Bush v gore

Answer 18

2000

Question 19

Reynolds v United States

Answer 19

1879, Mormon polygamy not protected under free exercise clause

Question 20

Texas v Johnson

Answer 20

1989, 1st amendment

Question 21

Barnes v Glenn theatre

Answer 21

1991, naked dancing is only slightly protected by constitutional 1st amendment

Question 22

City of Erie v kandyland

Answer 22

2000, strippers have to wear g strings and nipple tassels as constitution does not justify full nakedness

Question 23

Hustler magazine v Falwell

Answer 23

1988, satirical caricature protected by 1st amendment

Question 24

Snyder v phelps

Answer 24

Upheld westboro baptist church right to protest at funerals

Question 25

Riley v California

Answer 25

2014, 4th amendment phone searching

Question 26

NFIB v sebelius

Answer 26

2012, state rights

Question 27

Citizens united v FEC

Answer 27

2010, 1st amendment negative campaigning

Question 28

Shelby v holder

Answer 28

2013 voting rights act

Question 29

Schuette v bahm

Answer 29

2014 state rights

Question 30

Who are the five conservative judges on the roberts court?

Answer 30

Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, roberts, alito

Question 31

Who are the four liberal justices in the roberts court?

Answer 31

Breyer, Ginsberg, sotomayor, Kagan