Judicial Branch Scavenger Hunt

U.S. Government Judicial Branch Scavenger Hunt

Using the websites below complete the activity questions. www.whitehouse.gov/government/judg.html

1) What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

2) How many justices or judges make up the Supreme Court?

3) Who appoints federal judges?

4) How long do they serve?

5) How many different types of courts make up the Federal Court System? www.supremecourtus.gov/about/justicecaseload.pdf

6) Who determines how many Justices serve on the Supreme Court?

7) Who is our current Supreme Court Chief Justice?

8) About how many cases are heard each year in the Supreme Court?

9) What is the current salary for a member of the United States Supreme Court?

10) Who was the first woman Supreme Court Justice? The first African American Justice? What year were EACH appointed to the court?

11) Why do Justices wear black robes?

12) On the back of this sheet…List all the names of justices that are presently on the U.S. Supreme Court