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The Supreme Quiz

36-46 Lawoholic-you need help.
26-35 Get a life.
16-25 Court buff.
6-15 Cert denied.
0-6 Dismissed with prejudice.

ANSWERS:

__ About the Supreme Court __

Interactive Primer: Biographies of each of the nine current justices and background information on court history and the process by which decisions are made.

(1) 1870

(2) Four

(3) William Howard Taft, Stanley Reed, Robert H. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall (4) 1 First St. NE

(5) Minnesota

(6) Six

(7) James Wilson (Scotland, 1742); James Iredell (England, 1751); William Patterson (Ireland, 1745); David J. Brewer (Turkey, 1837); George Sutherland (England, 1862); Felix Frankfurter (Austria, 1882)

(8) Topeka, Kan.

(9) Oliver

(10). True

(11) 15 (according to a tally prepared by Supreme Court practitioner Thomas C. Goldstein

(12) 13


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