US: SCOTUS, race and rights

Question 1

Which very old case gives SCOTUS power of judicial review?

Answer 1

Marbury v Madison (1803)

Question 2

How many cases do they receive; how many do they hear

Answer 2

Receive over 7,000
Hear around 100

Question 3

Gun rights case

Answer 3

DC v Heller (2008)

Question 4

Case against Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

Answer 4

Citizens United v FEC (2010)

Question 5

Obamacare case which accepted most of ACA but overturned expansion of Medicaid

Answer 5

NFIB v Sibelius (2012)

Question 6

Obamacare case which supported ACA

Answer 6

California v Texas (2021)

7-2, including Kavanaugh and Barrett!

Question 7

Case which overturned Voting Rights Act 1965

Answer 7

Shelby County v Holder (2013)

Question 8

Gay marriage case

Answer 8

Obergefell v Hodges (2015)

Question 9

Cases on affirmative action

Answer 9

Fisher v Texas (2013, 2016)
SFFA v Harvard (2023)

Question 10

Student debt forgiveness case

Answer 10

Biden v Nebraska (2023)

Biden will try to circumvent it by using another law to forgive debt