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= __11.3- The Supreme Court__ =

**Pages 320 - 326**

**Megan Freifelder and Katy Lang**

**Objective: Students will understand what the Supreme Court's duties are and how new Justices are appointed into the Supreme Court.**

**Katy's Link - Justices Timeline**
=== **This page shows members of the Supreme Court. The timeline goes from the beginning of the Supreme Court in 1790 up to the present. It indicates by color which members are chief justices, and which are associate justices. The nine current justices are shown by a green dot. For each justice, you can also see by which president they were appointed. The timeline shows what year each justice joined the court. It can also be used to see which terms overlapped and which justices served along side one another. It is a wonderful way to look at the history of the supreme court with just a few mouse slides.** ===

**Megan's Link on the Top 10 Supreme Court Cases**
=== **This page is from Time Magazine and shows the top ten Supreme Court cases to date. It was very interesting to see some of the civil right's cases that we have learned about in school come up as the top cases. The first court case is Brown v. Board of Education which we have talked about for many years about how schools need to be integrated. Another case on the list is United States v. Nixon. This has to do with government especially because Nixon argued that he could keep the secret tapes because of confidential communication rights within the executive branch. The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that he was wrong and Nixon soon resigned. Another case is Roe v. Wade. I had never heard about this case, but it is extremely relevant to today's society. It divided the country "into those who believe in an unborn child's right to life and those who believed in a woman's right to choose." The case legalized abortions in the United States. This top ten list from Time is very neat because you can open each case and read about how it effected US government and what it was about.** ===