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COURTS
AND CONGRESS: NAMES AND NUMBERS/EXAM
REVIEW
I.
Nine
members of the United States Supreme Court (USE EACH NAME ONCE NEXT TO THE
NUMBERS A1 to A9 BELOW)—
Stephen
BREYER/Ruth Bader GINSBURG /John MARSHALL Federalist)/Thurgood MARSHALL
(D)/Sandra O'CONNOR/William REHNQUIST/Antonin SCALIA/Clarence THOMAS/Earl
WARREN(R)
A.
Chief Justices (2001 salary, $186,300)
1.
Wrote majority opinion in Marbury v. Madison (1803),
pp. 250-251/appointed by President John Adams, Federalist
2. Wrote majority
opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954), pp. 98:
109; 246, center; 255 /appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower(R)
3. Presently Chief
Justice, p. 260F/elevated to chief justice by President Ronald Reagan (R)
following original appointment by Richard Nixon (R)
B.
African American justices
4. First (attorney
for Brown in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KA (1954), page 98; page
109; page 246, center; and page 255-- appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
(D)
5.
Second
(nomination opposed by Anita Hill), pp. 115, 260F--appointed by President Bush
(R), the father
C.
Women justices
6.
First/appointed by President Ronald Reagan (R)
7.
Second/appointed by President Bill Clinton (D)
D.
Other justices
8.
First Italian-American/appointed by President Ronald Reagan (R)
9.
Least senior/appointed by President Bill Clinton (D)/ p. 265, center
II. What is the significance of these numbers
with respect to the U.S. Supreme
Court today or Congress and the
California legislature?
A.
0 D. 7 G. 40 J. 120
B. 1 E. 8 H. 80 K. 435
C.
2 F. 9 I. 100 L. 535