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History of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Questions about the history of the United States Supreme Court.
Question 1:
What year did the U.S. Supreme Court install its first photocopy machine?
1980
1959
1969
1973
Question 2:
What year was the U.S. Supreme Court's website created?
1998
2005
It doesn't have one
2000
Question 3:
Who was the second woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Chlorette Anton Whistport
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Anita Stanford Hill
Question 4:
Hearings "in camera" allow for television or other news related cameras to be present in the U.S. court during the hearing.
False
True
Question 5:
The Dred Scott case (Scott v. Sandford, 1857) is an infamous U.S. Supreme Court case involving which of the following?
Railroads
Farming
Use of water ways
Slavery
Question 6:
The Marbury v. Madison case (1803) was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the emergent doctrine of judicial review to a congressional statute.
True
False
Question 7:
In the U.S. Supreme Court system, what does the term "rule of four" mean?
The Court will hear cases that a substantial minority of justices regards as important.
At least four justices must be present, robed and seated to in order to hear a case.
There can be no less than four arguments pertaining to any one case.
Four lawyers must be present when a case is argued.
Question 8:
The Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court case (1896) dealt with a crime on a riverboat in Louisiana.
True
False
Question 9:
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to which of the following?
A public trial
A trial by jury
A trial in a courtroom
A speedy trial
Question 10:
What is the original meaning of the term "Slip Opinion" as applied to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Opinions sent to the printer on the same day they are made
Opinions made by the justices for their own private records
An opinion that has later been overturned after careful review
The overall opinion of the garments that the justices wear under their robes
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