PowerPoint JeopardySupreme Court

Justices Civil & Criminal

LawSupreme Court Vocabulary Miscellaneous

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Who is the current SupremeCourt Chief Justice?

Category 1 – 10 points

Who was the 1st African American Supreme

Court Justice?Category 1 – 20 points

Who was the 1st femaleSupreme Court Justice?Category 1 – 30 points

Currently, how many totalSupreme Court Justices are there?

Category 1 – 40 points

How long is a SupremeCourt Justice’s term?

Category 1 – 50 points

Arson, rape, murder, andfraud are examples of a: Category 2 – 10 points

Vandalism and publicdrunkenness areexamples of a:

Category 2 – 20 points

Littering and speedingare examples of a:

Category 2 – 30 points

The defendant receivesa _______, an official

notice of a lawsuit.Category 2 – 40 points

What are the EIGHT stepsof a criminal case?

Category 2 – 50 points

A brief unsigned statementof the Court’s

decision is called:Category 3 – 10 points

Presidential appointmentsof Supreme Court Justices

(with the approval of the Senate)is an example of:

Category 3 – 20 points

Work on Opinions, consider arguments in cases they have heard, study petitions from plaintiffs who want the Court to hear their cases are examples of what

____________ do during recess.Category 3 – 30 points

What types of jurisdictiondoes the Supreme Court?

(2 types)Category 3 – 40 points

What is the chronologyof an appeal being

accepted by theSupreme Court?

Category 3 – 50 points

If federal and state courtsboth have jurisdiction, it is

called: _______ jurisdiction.Category 4 – 10 points

A person who loses a case intrial court may take the case to

a court with _______ jurisdiction.Category 4 – 20 points

A trial court is said to have__________ jurisdiction.Category 4 – 30 points

Judges have to wait for______ to come before

them to try a case.Category 4 – 40 points

_________ courts helpCongress exercise its powers.

Category 4 – 50 points

The American Bar Associationis a professional group of:

Category 5 – 10 points

Read all appeals and write summarizing memos, research and draft opinions,

to help justices with work are examples Oof what _____ ________ do.

Category 5 – 20 points

Marbury v. Madisonestablished ______ review

of _______ laws.Category 5 – 30 points

What powers does Congresshave over the Supreme Court?

Category 5 – 40 points

What are 3 informalrequirements of a

Supreme Court Justice?Category 5 – 50 points