Supreme Court
It is the highest federal court. This topic is part of U.S. Government within Government & Society. This page currently draws on 16 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Supreme Court trivia questions
The U.S. Supreme Court belongs to which branch of government?
Answer: Judicial branch
Bonus fact: It is the highest federal court.
How many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court under current federal law?
Answer: Nine
Bonus fact: Congress has set the number at nine since 1869.
What power lets the Supreme Court review laws for constitutionality?
Answer: Judicial review
Bonus fact: Marbury v. Madison is the landmark case associated with this power.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case is famously associated with establishing judicial review?
Answer: Marbury v. Madison
Bonus fact: The 1803 decision strengthened the Court's constitutional role.
Which 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case helped break up studio ownership of movie theaters?
Answer: United States v. Paramount Pictures
Bonus fact: The Paramount decision weakened vertical integration in Hollywood.
Which Supreme Court decision upheld 'separate but equal' in 1896?
Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson
Bonus fact: Plessy gave constitutional cover to segregation.
In Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court held public-school segregation unconstitutional under which amendment?
Answer: 14th Amendment
Bonus fact: The Court issued its unanimous decision on May 17, 1954.
How many additional Supreme Court justices could Roosevelt's plan have added at most?
Answer: Six
Bonus fact: The proposal allowed an additional judge for certain older judges who did not retire, potentially expanding the Supreme Court from nine to fifteen members.
Which U.S. Supreme Court case effectively ended the Florida recount?
Answer: Bush v. Gore
Bonus fact: The ruling stopped the ongoing recount, leaving Bush ahead in Florida's certified results.
The Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision established a nationwide right to what?
Answer: Same-sex marriage
Bonus fact: The ruling required states to license and recognize marriages between two people of the same sex.
In what year did the Supreme Court decide Obergefell v. Hodges?
Answer: 2015
Bonus fact: The ruling required states to license and recognize marriages between two people of the same sex.
Which law was used against Northern Securities?
Answer: Sherman Antitrust Act
Bonus fact: The Supreme Court ordered the company dissolved in 1904 under federal antitrust law.