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Why is the Supreme Court called "Supreme?"

What kind of jurisdiction does the U.S. Supreme Court have, how does a case make it to the Supreme Court and what happens once a case is accepted for review?

What action can be taken by the U.S. Supreme Court to illustrate the concept that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land?

Think about how the Supreme Court interpreted the 14th Amendment in the late 1880s and 1890s What were some of the issues the court considered economic and social in its construction of the 14th Amendment?


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Supreme Court The Justices Dealing with Segregation

 
The Supreme Court

Brown v. Board of Education
http://brownvboard.org/actvtybk/word.htm
Word search. Find the words listed about the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case of 1954.

Brown v. Board of Education
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/judicialbranch/brownvboard.htm
Matching quiz related to Brown v. Board of Education, desegregation, or civil rights.

Congress - Courts Keeping the Balance http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/4.htm
Information and questions about Congress and the Supreme Court.

The Federal Courts in American Government
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/lessonplans/checks.pdf
Lesson Plan - Presented in PDF format, this lesson presents a structural framework for students to think about how the judiciary affects government and the public, and how government and the public affect the judiciary.

Find Equal Protection Under the Law
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
webquests/supremecourt/index.html
WebQuest - Have you ever wondered how the United States Supreme Court makes its decisions? You are about to become a Supreme Court justice, entrusted with the power to make the final decision upon a contraversial case. Your opinion will become law in this country.

Government Lesson Plans - Lesson Plan 9
http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/hsa/government/
lesson_plan/lesson9.html
Lesson Plan - Use this lesson as an introduction to civil and criminal proceedings. Compare the steps of a criminal case and a civil case and analyze the differences in standards of proof in legal cases.

Here Comes the Judge
http://universe.uiwtx.edu/%7Enewcomb/projects/Venables/
court/Intro.htm
An interactive web-based lesson plan for learning about the Supreme Court, the Justices, and landmark decisions.

Independence of the Judiciary
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/quizzes/judiciary.html
Quiz

The Judicial Branch
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/23.htm
Information and fill-in-the-blank questions about the judicial branch.

The Judicial Branch
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/24.htm
Printable fill-in-the-blank worksheet about the judicial branch.

Landmark Supreme Court Cases
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/
question.cfm?Course=USHG&TopicCode=2c&QNum=1&Wrong=0
10 interactive multiple-choice questions.

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Originally there were five Associates Justices and a Chief Justice. In 1801 to 1869, Congress changed this number to seven Associate Justices. There are now eight Associate Justices and one Chief Justice, all nominated by the president, and then confirmed by the Senate.

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Projects You Can Do

Review the Bill of Rights and discuss the rights that American citizens enjoy. Keep these in mind and role-play selected court deliberations. Argue the cases as it is done in the Supreme Court. Research information that will help you with your arguments. Discuss the criteria and information that the Justices of the Supreme Court would utilize in rendering a decision. Address the procedural elements of court deliberations and discuss how they help or hinder the decision-making process. Evaluate the outcomes of these decisions and discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's definition of student rights over the last 25 years.

 

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