ProCon’s Supreme Court Quiz
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument for not packing the U.S. Supreme Court with additional members?
- Answer: All of these are common arguments for not packing the U.S. Supreme Court with additional members.
- Question: Who currently serves as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Answer: John G. Roberts, Jr., has been chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 2005.
- Question: How many years can justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Answer: Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court can serve for life, given “good Behaviour.”
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument for packing the U.S. Supreme Court with additional members?
- Answer: All of these are common arguments for packing the U.S. Supreme Court with additional members.
- Question: Which U.S. president appointed three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, spurring calls by the opposition party to “pack” the Court with additional members?
- Answer: During his first term U.S. Pres. Donald Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court, spurring calls from members of the Democratic Party to “pack” the Court with additional members.
- Question: The most serious attempt to pack the U.S. Supreme Court with more members was by which U.S. president?
- Answer: In 1937 Franklin Roosevelt proposed a bill to expand the U.S. Supreme Court to a maximum of 15 justices, which was widely seen as a political power grab to neutralize the Court’s opposition to his New Deal policies. Congress rejected the idea.
- Question: How many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Answer: The number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court has been set at nine since 1869.
- Question: Which of the following statements is true?
- Answer: All of these answers are correct.
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