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SUPREME COURT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| HE WAS BUMPED UP TO CHIEF JUSTICE DURING REAGAN'S PRESIDENCY | REHNQUIST |
| ROE V WADE WAS DECIDED IN WHAT YEAR? | 1973 |
| IN 1963 THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS LANDMARK CASE? | GIDEON V WAINWRIGHT |
| HE ARGUED FOR THE PLANTIFF IN BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION IN 1955 | THURGOOD MARSHALL |
| WHO WROTE THE MAJORITY OPINION IN 1966 MIRANDA V. ARIZONA? | EARL WARREN |
| 1896: THIS CASES RESULTED IN THE 'SEPARATE BUT EQUAL' DOCTRINE | PLESSY V FERGUSON |
| 1856: THIS CHIEF JUSTICE WROTE THE MAJORITY OPINION IN SCOTT V. SANFORD (DRED SCOTT) | ROGER B. TANEY |
| IN WHAT YEAR WAS BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION DECIDED? | 1954 |
| THIS 1803 CASE ESTABLISHED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JUDICIARY | MARBURY V MADISON |
| THIS JUSTICE WAS CHOSEN TO WRITE THE MAJORITY OPINION IN ROE V. WADE (HE HAD BEEN COUNSEL FOR MAYO CLINIC) | HARRY BLACKMUN |
| McREYNOLDS, VANDEVANTER, SUTHERLAND, & BUTLER WERE THE 4 JUSTICES WHO VOTED AS A BLOCK AGAINST FDR'S NEW DEAL LEGISLATION. THEY WERE KNOWN AS THESE... | FOUR HORSEMEN |
| GERALD FORD INTRODUCED A BILL IN CONGRESS TO IMPEACH THIS JUSTICE | WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS |
| AFTER THE FAILED NOMINATIONS OF ROBERT BORK & DOUGLAS GINSBURG, THIS JUSTICE WAS NOMINATED & APPROVED. | ANTHONY KENNEDY |
| THIS PRESIDENT APPOINTED THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN JUSTICE | LBJ |
| WE READ THE PENTAGON PAPERS IN THIS NEWSPAPER THAT'S IN THE NAME OF THE RESULTING SUPREME COURT CASE | NEW YORK TIMES |
| 2 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE MURDERED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS JULIA ROBERTS FILM | 'THE PELICAN BRIEF' |
| IN 2005 THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON D.C. AIRPORT WAS RENAMED FOR THIS LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE | THURGOOD MARSHALL |
| SOME HISTORIANS CONSIDER THE 1857 DECISION IN THIS CASE TO BE THE WORST EVER RENDERED BY THE SUPREME COURT | DRED SCOTT V SANFORD |
| FIRST JEWISH JUSTICE | LOUIS BRANDEIS |
| THIS PRESIDENT APPOINTED BRANDEIS TO THE COURT | WILSON |
| NORMA MCCORVEY WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS LANDMARK 1973 CASE | ROE V WADE |
| THIS PLAINTIFF SUED TO GET DEFENDANT JAMES MADISON TO DELIVER THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD MAKE HIM A JUDGE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. | MARBURY |
| THIS UNIVERSITY IN WEST VIRGINIA IS NAMED FOR THE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE WHO RAISED THE COURT TO A POSITION OF POWER | JOHN MARSHALL |
| A 5-4 RULING IN A 1978 CASE ABOUT HIS 'FILTHY WORDS' GAVE THE FCC THE ABILITY TO CENSOR TV BROADCASTS | GEORGE CARLIN |
| FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT | JOHN JAY |
| IN 1971 THE SUPREME COURT RULED DOING THIS TO INTEGRATE SCHOOLS WAS CONSTITUTIONAL | BUSING |
| THIS 'UNION' WAS FORMED IN 1920 BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT WASN'T UPHOLDING FREE SPEECH CLAIMS | ACLU |
| IN 1914 THIS FUTURE JURIST WROTE THE BOOK 'THE ANTI-TRUST ACT AND THE SUPREME COURT' | TAFT |
| THIS ORATOR WHO ARGUED MCCULLOCH V MARYLAND IN THE SUPREME COURT WAS ONE OF THE USA' MOST HIGHLY PAID LAWYERS | DANIEL WEBSTER |
| NUMERICAL TITLE OF JEFFREY TOOBIN'S LOOK "INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT" | 'THE NINE' |
| HE WROTE "THE NINE: INSDED THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT" | JEFFREY TOOBIN |
| THIS DOCTOR RAN HARVARD'S MEDICAL SCHOOL AND FATHERED A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |
| THE LAST MALE APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT | ALITO |
| THIS JUSTICE WITH A PRESIDENTIAL SURNAME WAS APPOINTED AFTER ROBERT BORK WAS REJECTED | KENNEDY |
| THE 2 JUSTICES APPOINTED BY CLINTON | GINSBERG & BREYER |
| THIS JUSTICE HAS 9 CHILDREN | SCALIA |
| OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE THIS GROUP MEETS IS A STATUE WITH A TABLET THAT READS 'LEX', LATIN FOR 'LAW' | U.S. SUPREME COURT |
| REAGAN APPOINTED HER TO THE SUPREME COURT | SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR |
| SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR WAS APPOINTED BY THIS PRESIDENT | REAGAN |
| APPOINTED BY GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN 1991 | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| IF A PRESIDENT IS IMPEACHED, THIS OFFICIAL PRESIDES OVER THE TRIAL IN THE SENATE | CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S. |
| CHARLES EVANS HUGHES WAS APPOINTED TO THE COURT BY THIS MAN WHOM HE LATER SUCCEEDED AS CHIEF JUSTICE | TAFT |
| THESE 2 JUSTICES WHO GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASSES WERE BOTH FIRST OFFERED JOBS AS TYPISTS BY THE TOP LAW FIRMS | O'CONNOR & GINSBURG |
| DUE TO POLICE IRREGULARITIES, THIS MAN'S ARIZONA CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT | ERNESTO MIRANDA |
| AT THE TIME OF HIS 1902 NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT, HE WAS CHIEF JUSTICE OF MASSACHUSETTS | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR |
| FULL AND CORRECT TITLE OF JOHN ROBERTS | CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S. |
| THE 1973 CASE DOE V BOLTON WAS DECIDED WITH THIS MORE FAMOUS ONE | ROE V WADE |
| SON OF A FAMOUS POET, THIS OLDEST JUSTICE DIDN'T RETIRE UNTIL HE WAS 90 | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR |
| THIS PRESIDENT APPOINTED MORE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES THAN ANY OTHER | WASHINGTON |
| HE WAS CHIEF JUSTICE ON THE COURT THAT DECIDED MARBURY V. MADISON IN 1803 | MARSHALL |
| THIS CHIEF JUSTICE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM LIVINGTON, THE FIRST POST-REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY | JOHN JAY |
| SUMNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAYED A PART IN THIS 1954 CASE | BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (TOPEKA, KS) |
| BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION INVOLVED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THIS STATE CAPITAL | TOPEKA, KS |
| THE TITLE OF THIS WALTER MATTHAU/JILL CLAYBURGH FILM COMES FROM THE DAY ON WHICH THE SUPREME COURT'S TERM STARTS | FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER |
| 1958'S COOPER V. AARON WAS ONE OF SEVERAL SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AIMED AT ENDING THIS POLICY IN SCHOOLS | SEGREGATION |
| IN 2007 THE SUPREME COURT RULED HIGH SCHOOL COACHES CAN BE KEPT FROM CONTACTING 8TH GRADERS FOR THIS PURPOSE | RECRUITMENT |
| SHE JOINED THE SUPREME COURT IN 2009 | SOTOMAYOR |
| THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT | JOHN ROBERTS |
| IN SEPTEMBER 1991, CLARENCE THOMAS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A CONTENTIOUS CONFIRMATION HEARING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE | SENTAT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE |
| ONE OF THE FEW DECISIONS MADE IN THE SUMMER WAS IN THE CASE U.S. V. THIS PERSON IN 1974 | NIXON |
| HER MARRIAGE TO TEXAS OIL BILLIONAIRE J. HOWARD MARSHALL BECAME A SUPREME COURT ORDEAL IN 2006 | ANNA NICOLE SMITH |
| NUMBER OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS MADE BY GEORGE WASHINGTON | 10 |
| NUMBER OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS MADE BY FDR | 9 |
| CURRENTLY, HE'S THE ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ON THE SUPREME COURT | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| THE 2ND WOMAN ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT | RUTH BADER-GINSBURG |
| ANTHONY LEWIS WON A PULITZER PRIZE IN 1963 FOR SUPREME COURT COVERAGE AND WROTE THIS BOOK ABOUT THE CLARENCE GIDEON CASE | 'GIDEON'S TRUMPET' |
| IN 1857 A 7-2 RULING SAID THIS MAN COULDN'T BRING A SUIT IN THE FEDERAL COURT, AS BLACKS WERE NOT U.S. CITIZENS | DRED SCOTT |
| IN 1922 THE COURT RULED THIS COMPANY 'OF NEW JERSEY', HAD TO BE DISSOLVED FOR ITS UNREASONABLE RESTRAINT OF TRADE | STANDARD OIL |
| 1966'S THIS MAN V. ARIZONA WAS BASED IN PART ON THE 6TH AMENDMENT, WHICH GUARANTEES A DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO A LAWYER | MIRANDA |
| JUDICIAL REVIEW, THE COURT'S AUTHORITY TO DECLARE LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THIS CASE | MARBURY V. MADISON |
| IN JUNE 2008, THE COURT SAID THAT THIS AMENDMENT GRANTS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT JUST A COLLECTIVE, RIGHT | 2ND AMENDMENT |
| HORACE GRAY WAS THE FIRST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO HIRE ONE OF THESE | CLERK |
| THE SUPREME COURT SAID OF THIS 1965 LAW, 'MILLIONS OF NON-WHITE AMERICANS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE...' | VOTING RIGHTS ACT |
| AUTHOR OF "MY GRANDFATHER'S SON" | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| THIS 1962 GRADUATE OF STANFORD LAW FILLED A VACANCY CREATED BY JUSTICE POTTER STEWART | SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR |
| UNTIL HIS NOMINATION WAS REJECTED, JOHN RUTLEDGE BRIEFLY SUCCEEDED THIS FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE | JOHN JAY |
| U.C. BERKELEY HAS A LEGAL INSTITUTE NAMED FOR THIS FORMER GOVERNOR & CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S. | EARL WARREN |
| A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN WALTHAM, MA IS NAMED FOR THIS JEWISH JUSTICE WHO SERVED FROM 1916 TO 1939 | BRANDEIS |
| THE USA'S OLDEST APPELLATE COURT IN CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE IS THIS HIGHEST BOY IN MASSACHUSETTS | SUPREME COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS |
| A SUPREME COURT RULING FROM 1841 SAID AFRICANS FROM THIS SHIP SHOULD BE FREE AND NOT BECOME CUBAN SLAVES | AMISTAD |
| THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED ABSOLUTE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE IN THE 1974 CASE U.S V. THIS MAN | NIXON |
| THIS PRESIDENT SAID THAT APPOINTING EARL WARREN TO THE SUPREME COURT WAS "THE BIGGEST DAMN-FOOL MISTAKE I EVER MADE" | EISENHOWER |
| WHILE WORKING FOR THE ACLU, THIS JURIST WON 5 OF THE 6 LANDMARK CASES SHE ARGUED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT | RUTH BADER-GINSBURG |
| THIS PHRASE IS SEEN ON THE PEDIMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING | 'EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW" |
| BYRON 'WHIZZER' WHITE WAS WORKING AT THIS POSTION WHEN JFK APPOINTED HIM TO THE SUPREME COURT | DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL |
| IN OCT. 1987, THE SENATE REJECTED THIS FORMER WATERGATE FIGURE'S NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT | ROBERT BORK |
| KNOWN AS 'MR. CIVIL RIGHTS', HE SERVED AS CHIEF COUNSEL OF THE NAACP PRIOR TO TAKING A SEAT ON THE SUPREME COURT | THURGOOD MARSHALL |
| IN 1925 THE COURT SAID STATES, LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CAN'T VIOLATE THIS AMENDMENT BY RESTRICTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH | FIRST AMENDMENT |
| OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN THIS CITY, IS A STATUE OF THURGOOD MARSHALL | BALTIMORE |
| IN 1902 THEODORE ROOSEVELT APPOINTED THIS 'JR' TO THE SUPREME COURT | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR |
| BY A 52-48 VOTE, HE BECAME THE 2ND AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SIT ON THE SUPREME COURT | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| A SUPREME COURT DECISION IN 2000 SAID RIGHTSS NAMED FOR THIS MAN WERE 'EMBEDDED IN ROUTINE POLICE PRACTICE' | MIRANDA |
| THE SUPREME COURT BEGINS EACH TERM ON THIS DATE EACH YEAR | FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER |
| THE COURT RULED IN RING V. ARIZONA THAT ONLY THIS GROUP CAN IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY | JURY |
| IN 1967, STRIKING DOWN A VIRGINIA LAW, THE SUPREME COURT LET MR. & MRS. LOVING GO ON LOVING THOUGH THEY WERE OF DIFFERENT THESE | RACES |
| THOUGH IT'S THE APEX OF A BRANCH OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, IT DIDN'T GET A BUILDING OF ITS OWN UNTIL 1935 | SUPREME COURT |
| HE RESIGNED FROM THE SUPREME COURT IN 1969 AMID CRITICISM OF HIS FINANCIAL DEALINGS | ABE FORTAS |
| IN 1969 THE COURT RULED THAT THE 5TH AMENDMENT'S BAN ON THIS PRACTICE IS BINDING ON STATES | DOUBLE JEOPARDY |
| IN THE 1930S, AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF THESE 'BOYS', ALABAMA WENT AHEAD AND RETRIED THEM, ONE BY ONE | SCOTTSBORO BOYS |
| HE IS THE ONLY MAN CONFIRMED TO SERVE 2 NON-CONSECUTIVE TERMS ON THE SUPREME COURT | CHARLES EVANS HUGHES |
| THIS MAN FROM MAINE, MINNESOTA WAS THE LONGEST-SERVING SUPREME COURT JUSTICE | WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS |
| HE RESIGNED FROM THE SUPREME COURT IN 1965 TO BECOME U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. | ARTHUR GOLDBERG |
| HEADED BY CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES T. WELLS, THE SUPREME COURT OF THIS STATE WAS IN THE NEWS IN NOVEMBER, 2000 | FLORIDA |
| A CHOICE SHE MADE ON DEC. 1, 1955 WOULD LEAD TO A SUPREME COURT RULING AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR'S RISE TO FAME | ROSA PARKS |
| THE 2000 SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THIS CASE, INVOLVED VOTE-COUNTING GUIDELINES AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW | BUSH V. GORE |
| IN 1970 THE SUPREME COURT HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DUE PROCESS REQUIRED PROOF OF GUILT 'BEYOND...'THIS | A REASONABLE DOUBT |
| SARAH WEDDINGTON WAS THE ATTORNEY WHO SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THIS LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE IN 1973 | ROE V. WADE |
| 2 DAYS AFTER JAMES BUCHANAN'S INAUGURATION, THE SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED ITS DECISION REGARDING THIS MAN | DRED SCOTT |
| THE COURT DECIDED STATES MUST PROVIDE A LAWYER TO THE ACCUSED IN THE RULING ON THIS CASE | GIDEON V. WAINRIGHT |
| OF THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, IT'S THE ONE INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT | JUDICIAL |
| IN 1935 THE SUPREME COURT DECLARED THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE NRA, UNCONSTITUTIONAL | NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION |
| ALPHABETICALLY, HE'S THE FIRST JUSTICE | STEPHEN BREYER |
| IN 1791 JOHN RUTLEDGE LEFT THE SUPREME COURT TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THIS FEISTY SOUTHERN STATE, HIS HOME | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| THE ONLY FULL TERM PRESIDENT TO MAKE NO APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUPREME COURT | JIMMY CARTER |
| THIS FUTURE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WROTE 5 OF THE ESSAYS OF 'THE FEDERALIST' | JOHN JAY |
| HIS MIDDLE INITIAL STOOD FOR ORVILLE | WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS |
| IN 1841 HE REPRESENTED THE AMISTAD MUTINEERS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
| IN JUNE 1962 THE COURT RULES THAT THIS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS VIOLATED THE 1ST AMENDMENT | PRAYER |
| HARRY TRUMAN ENDED IT IN THE ARMY IN 1948; THE SUPREME COURT ENDED IT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1954 | SEGREGATION |
| THE 2 NIXON APPOINTEES WHO WERE CHIEF JUSTICE | WARREN BURGER & WILLIAM REHNQUIST |
| THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THIS RIGHT MAY BE LIMITED ONLY WHEN IT CREATES A "CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER" | FREEDOM OF SPEECH |
| IN 1937 THIS FUTURE JUSTICE WAS RUNNER-UP FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY | BYRON 'WHIZZER' WHITE |
| HE FIRED ARCHIBALD COX IN 1973, & THE SENATE SHOT DOWN HIS SUPREME COURT HOPES IN 1987 | ROBERT BORK |
| IN 1954 THE SUPREME COURT ORDERED SCHOOLS TO DESEGREGATE WITH THIS TYPE OF SPEED | 'WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED' |
| ON JAN.22, 1998 DEMONSTRATORS ON BOTH SIDES MARKED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS SUPREME COURT RULING | ROE V. WADE |
| THIS PRESIDENT AUTHORED 'THE ANTI-TRUST ACT AND THE SUPREME COURT' | TAFT |
| IN 1998 NY & NJ MADE THEIR ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OVER THIS HISTORIC ISLAND | ELLIS ISLAND |
| THIS FUTURE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE HID HER PREGNANCY FOR FEAR OF LOSING HER TEACHING JOB AT RUTGERS | RUTH BADER-GINSBERG |
| IN 1970 THE SUPREME COURT DECLARED THIS STANDARD NUMBER OF JURORS A 'HISTORICAL ACCIDENT' | 12 |
| THIS MAN FROM PIN POINT, GA JOINED THE SUPREME COURT IN 1991 | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, FUTURE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ROBERT BORK FIRED ARCHIBALD COX FROM THIS POST | SPECIAL PROSECUTOR |
| FRIENDS CALL THIS JUSTICE 'NINO' | ANTONIN SCALIA |
| FRIENDS CALL THIS JUSTICE 'TONY' | ANTHONY KENNEDY |
| THE NY TIMES MADE ITS OWN FRONT PAGE IN 1971 WHEN THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD ITS PUBLICATION OF THESE DOCUMENTS | PENTAGON PAPERS |
| THE LOWN SCHOOL OF NEAR EASTERN & JUDAIC STUDIES IS PART OF THIS SCHOOL NAMED FOR A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE | BRANDEIS |
| IN A 1973 LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE, 25-YEAR-OLD NORMA MCCORVEY WAS KNOWN BY THIS NAME | 'ROE' |
| IN THE 1980S THE SUPREME COURT APPROVED THE USE OF THESE IN HIRING TO REMEDY PAST DISCRIMINATION | QUOTAS |
| IN 1933 THIS FUTURE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WAS FIRST IN HIS CLASS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL | THURGOOD MARSHALL |
| IN 1996 THE COURT STRUCK DOWN 4 OF THESE AREAS CREATED TO ALLOW BLACK & HISPANIC REPRESENTATION | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS |
| IN 1977 THE SUPREME COURT CLEARED THIS PLANE TO LAND AT NY'S KENNEDY AIRPORT | CONCORDE |
| THE COURT HAS RULED THAT FIGHTING WORDS ARE NOT PROTECTED BY THIS AMENDMENT | FIRST AMENDMENT |
| THIS ONETIME SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE JUDGES AMERICA IN 'SLOUCHING TOWARDS GOMORRAH' | ROBERT BORK |
| IN 1962'S ENGEL V. VITALE THE SUPREME COURT ELIMINATED THIS PRACTICE IN NY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | PRAYER |
| F. LEE BAILEY TOOK THE CASE OF THIS OHIO DOCTOR & CONVICTED MURDERER TO THE SUPREME COURT IN 1966 AND WON | SAM SHEPHERD |
| IN 1992 THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT AIRPORTS MAY STOP THIS RELIGIOUS GROUP FROM SOLICITING FUNDS | HARE KRISHNAS |
| IN 1972 THE COURT RULED THAT THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT REQUIRE THIS TYPE OF JURY VERDICT | UNANIMOUS |
| THERE ARE CURRENTLY THIS MANY MEN ON THE SUPREME COURT | 6 |
| THE HOME THIS PRESIDENT LIVED IN WHILE HE SERVED ON THE SUPREME COURT IS NOW THE SYRIAN EMBASSY | TAFT |
| IN JOHN MARSHALL'S DAY, THIS HIGHEST JUDICIAL BODY MET IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CAPITOL | SUPREME COURT |
| ITS OLD CITY HALL HOUSED THE U.S. SUPREME COURT FROM 1791 TO 1800 | PHILADELPHIA |
| IN 1924 JUSTICE OWEN ROBERTS FIRST CAME TO NATIONAL ATTENTION AS A PROSECUTOR IN THIS SCANDAL | TEAPOT DOME |
| THIS JUSTICE WAS BORN IN VIENNA | FRANKFURTER |
| THIS FUTURE CHIEF JUSTICE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SECURING THE GOP NOMINATION FOR EISENHOWER | EARL WARREN |
| THIS JUSTICE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION FROM 1982 TO 1990 | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| IN 1995 2 JUSTICES REJECTED THE CITADEL'S APPEAL OF AN ORDER TO ADMIT HER | SHANNON FAULKNER |
| HE SERVED AS CHIEF JUSTICE THE LONGEST; 34 YEARS FROM 1801-1835 | JOHN MARSHALL |
| IN 1993 SHE BECAME THE FIRST JUSTICE NAMED BY A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IN 26 YEARS | GINSBERG |
| THIS 'GREAT DISSENTER' WAS CLASS POET FOR THE HARVARD CLASS OF 1861 | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR |
| HE WAS JFK'S FIRST NOMINATION TO THE COURT | BYRON 'WHIZZER' WHITE |
| THIS DUTCH CITY IS HOME TO THE NETHERLANDS SUPREME COURT | HAGUE |
| WHEN THURGOOD MARSHALL RETIRED IN 1991, THIS MAN WAS APPOINTED TO HIS SEAT | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| HE HANDED DOWN THE FAMOUS BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION RULING 7 MONTHS AFTER BECOMING CHIEF JUSTICE | EARL WARREN |
| KNOWN AS THE 'GREAT CHIEF JUSTICE', HE HAD SERVED UNDER WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE | JOHN MARSHALL |
| FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AFTER TAFT, HE APPOINTED TAFT CHIEF JUSTICE | WARREN G. HARDING |
| LBJ CONVINCED ARTHUR GOLDBERG TO GIVE UP HIS SUPREME COURT SEAT FOR THIS JOB | AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. |
| HE WAS THE LAST PRESIDENT TO BE ONE OF THE LITIGANTS IN A CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT | NIXON |
| IN 1947 THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD FREE BUSING AND IN 1968 FREE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS IN THESE SCHOOLS | PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS |
| IN 1896, THE COURT USED THIS OFT-QUOTED PHRASE TO DESCRIBE ACCEPTABLE SEGREGATION | 'SEPARATE BUT EQUAL' |
| NIXON BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE SUPREME COURT WHEN THIS CHIEF JUSTICE WAS SWORN IN | WARREN BURGER |
| THIS JUSTICE WAS THE AUTHOR OF 1914'S 'OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY' | BRANDEIS |
| HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT IN 1965 BY LBJ, BUT RESIGNED IN 1969 | ABE FORTAS |
| BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED IN 1937, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAD ONLY HAD 1 BROWN, 2 WHITES, AND A GRAY | HUGO BLACK |
| IF YOU TAKE A CASE TO THE SWISS SUPREME COURT, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THIS FRENCH-SPEAKING CITY NEAR GENEVA | LAUSANNE |
| JOHN JAY, NOT JOHN MARSHALL, WAS THE FIRST ONE | CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT |
| HE, NOT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, REPRESENTS THE GOVERNMENT IN CASES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT | SOLICITOR GENERAL OF THE U.S. |
| IN 1966, THE SUPREME COURT RULED THE 24TH AMENDMENT OUTLAWED THIS TAX ON BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS | POLL TAX |
| JUSTICE HUGO BLACK, A LEADING SUPPORTER OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, WAS ONCE A MEMBER OF THIS GROUP | KKK |
| SOME OF THE SCULPTURES OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THIS BUILDING DEPICT MOSES, CONFUCIUS, SOLON, AND WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT | SUPREME COURT BUILDING |
| AS U.S. SOLICITOR GENERAL IN THE 1960S, HE WON 14 OF THE 19 CASES HE ARGUED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT | THURGOOD MARSHALL |
| BRITANNICA SAID THE COURT'S RULING IN HIS CASE, 'SEEMED A MORTAL BLOW TO THE NEWLY CREATED REPUBLICAN PARTY' | DRED SCOTT |
| HIS MOTHER, LOUISE, SAID, "I DO NOT WANT MY SON TO BE PRESIDENT...HIS IS A JUDICIAL MIND AND HE LOVES THE LAW" | TAFT |
| ROBERT JACKSON, THE ONLY JUSTICE TO TAKE A FORMAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE, WENT TO BE A PROSECUTOR IN THIS FOREIGN CITY | NUREMBERG |
| JUSTICES APPOINTED BY OBAMA | ELENA KAGAN & SONIA SOTOMAYOR |
| CURRENT JUSTICES WHO WERE APPOINTED BY REAGAN | SCALIA & KENNEDY |
| CURRENT JUSTICE(S) WHO WERE APPOINTED BY GEORGE H.W. BUSH | CLARENCE THOMAS |
| CURRENT JUSTICES APPOINTED BY GEORGE W. BUSH | JOHN ROBERTS, SAMUEL ALITO |
| CURRENT JUSTICES APPOINTED BY CLINTON | RUTH BADER GINSBERG, STEPHEN BREYER |