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Supreme Court Wiki
-connect last week’s topic with this week’s topic. -Identify what we already know about the Supreme Court. -Create a list of questions we still have about the Supreme Court. · The Supreme Court must deal with these Arizona laws. · If the state courts cannot solve it then it goes to the Supreme Court. · Made up of 9 judges. · Mother of all courts.
 * Objectives: SWBAT**
 * Connection**

· Gives anyone the right to sue if the law isn’t enforced. · Distraction from larger issues. · The Supreme Court decides if a law is constitutional and they are deciding if the Arizona law justifies the 14th amendment. · Obama and the Federal government are questioning the constitutionality of the Arizona law. · Precedent –noun: a prior court case having similar characteristics that can be used to solve a current court case. How is precedent used? · Chief Justice – The head of Supreme Court, who makes the final decision. Who is the current Chief Justice? How is the Chief Justice chosen? · Conservative/liberal – moral beliefs of the two political parties: republican and democratic. Conservatives keep tradition and stick to the constitution. Liberals are open minded. · Confirmation hearing – a meeting to confirm make the final decision A process to confirm if a person can be a chief of justice. · Majority Opinion – conclusion of the multiple opinions on a topic. The preferred opinion of a group. Does the opinion turn into a vote? 9 Judges · There is one chief justices and 8 other Judges · The Supreme Court has the final say in a law that cannot be solved with a state court. · The supreme court is the most powerful courts · President nominates a chief justice.
 * Podcast**
 * Vocabulary Terms**
 * Supreme Court: what I already know and what I want to know**
 * What I know**

· When was the first Supreme Court made and why was it made? · Are there any laws that a supreme court can’t touch? · What are the powers of the Chief Justice? He only gets 1 vote? · Does the supreme court try to create diversity to prevent bias. · What are the qualifications to be in the Supreme Court? · Is there a balance of democratic and republicans · Do justices consider the opinions of the people? What do they consider? · What was the most current Supreme Court case? Is the BP oil spill a Supreme Court case? · How many women have served on the Supreme Court?
 * What I want to know**

How do conservatives and liberal roles play out in supreme court?

7/13/10
 * Closing **

We used tokbox and it was kind of a FAIL, because there was a lot of technical issues with connection, video and sound. Since we didn't get it working too long we didn't have time to share much. I only learned a little about John G. Roberts, the current Chief Justice. We tried getting mutliple people on tokbox at once but it just made things worse.

I think it can be used in schools in the future if it didn't lag and have so many problems. In my personal life, I would personally download a better video chat program because of the better quality. However tokbox is convenient for those who can't or do not want to download and install a program, because it can be accessed right on the website. Since it is all on one website and everyone is on at the same time it becomes very slow and laggy.