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Name: _________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Period: ___Guided Notes: Landmark Supreme Court CasesHow many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court? _____________________How long do they serve? ____________________________________________Who choses Supreme Court justices? __________________________________Who confirms them? _______________________________________________What cases does the Supreme Court have “original jurisdiction” over? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many justices must vote to “hear” a case? __________________________What is a “petition for a writ of certiorari?” _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________What types of cases does the Supreme Court mostly hear? _________________ ________________________________________________________________Describe the case of Marbury vs. Madison: ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What “check” does this case provide on the other branches? ________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe Plessy vs. Ferguson: _______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What did “separate but equal” mean? __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe “Brown vs. Board of Education:” _______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe “In re’ Gault:” ______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What amendment do Plessy, Brown and Gault, all have in common? ________________________________Describe Tinker vs. Des Moines: ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe Hazelwood vs. Des Moines: __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe Gideon vs. Wainright: _______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe Miranda vs. Arizona: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe U.S. vs. Nixon: ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe Bush vs. Gore: ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe D.C. vs. Heller: ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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