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Federal System Court
+ Circuit Courts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Melville Fuller (1888-1910) | Many cases involving trusts and segregation; Plessy v. Ferguson; Muller v. Oregon |
| William Howard Taft (1921-1930) | Only former president to serve on the Supreme Court; Supreme Court building built during his term; Gitlow v. New York |
| Charels Evans Hughes (1930-1941) | Leader of conservative court that found many of FDR's New Deal programs unconstitutional; Near v. Minnesota. |
| Former Governor of California; very activist judge; Ruled in many famous civil rights and liberties cases; Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, Mapp v. Ohio, Wisconsin v. Yoder | |
| Warren Burger (1969-1986) | Judge of Judicial restraint, tried to bring court back to Conservative ideals; Roe v. Wade; His court saw the 1st woman to serve on the court. |
| William Rehnquist (1986-2005) | Conservative that led the court to "chip away" at Liberal rulings; Texas v. Johnson, U.S. v. Lopez, Puerto Rico v. Branstad, Bush v. Gore |
| John Roberts (2005-present) | Joined court as Chief Justice in 2005; Judge of Judicial restraint; upheld lethal injection, 2nd amendment, Obamacare, overturned restrictions on campaign finance and abortion became a state issue. |
| Three African Americans have served on the Supreme Court | Thurgood Marshall (1967-1991), Clarence Thomas (1991-present), Ketanji Brown (2022-present) |
| Six women have served on the Supreme Court | Sandra Day O' Conner (1980-2005), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1994-2020), Sonya Sotomayor (2009-present), Elena Kagan (2010-present), Amy Coney Barrett (2020 -present), Katanji Brown (2020-present) |
| Presidential Appointments | 90% of the appointments are from the president's party, 25% of the appointments are considered "disappointments" by the president that nominated them |
| Writ of Certiorari | The Supreme Court decides to hear a case by calling it up to the court and asks for all information concerning the case from the other courts that have heard it. |
| States with 4 Federal District Courts | California, Texas, New York |
| States with 3 Federal District Courts | GA, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee |
| States with 2 Federal District Courts | Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan |
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