Oyez Supreme Court media site. | The Constitution of the United States of America | Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court Historical Society | Explore the Constitution @ The Constitution Center 1. What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
2. Article III of the U.S. Constitution describes the Judiciary. What does it set out?
3. Describe how an individual becomes a Justice of the Supreme Court.
How is the Chief Justice selected?
4. Your class is going to observe an oral argument before the Supreme Court. Describe the process by which a case ends up being decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Where will you be going to observe the case? Be precise.
5. One of the most famous Justices is John Marshall. Why do people regard him as important to the Court?
6. Some Justices are described as "Strict Constructionists" and some are described as believing in a "Living Constitution". a. What do these terms mean? b. Which way of looking at legal issues do you support? Why?
c. Place each of the current U.S. Supreme Court Justices in the column that describes their judicial philosophy.
7. What impact does the Supreme Court have on Presidential Elections?
8. Was this just? - The Dred Scott Case
9. Name all the Justices who currently sit on the US Supreme Court. How are they selected?
Name the current Justices on your state's Supreme Court.
Do it - Compare and contrast your state's highest court to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Challenge yourself: 1. The statue (at the top left of this page) is located on the west façade of the US Supreme Court Building. Do some digging. How is it germane to the Supreme Court?
2. Supreme Court Cases and the Constitution activity
3. Explore some Landmark Supreme Court Cases
"The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, "It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence "What distinguishes the rule of law from the dictatorship of a shifting Supreme Court majority, "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final." Justice Robert H. Jackson Internet Hunts / Pennsylvania Projects / Nature / History Mystery Message / Civics & History / Computers / Puzzles & Projects / Site map / Home
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