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Questions:
. What is the role of the Supreme Court?
. What is the term for a US Supreme Court Justice?
. What is one example of symbolism used in the Supreme Court building?
. Why did the Framers create an independent judicial branch?
. How is a new member of the Court selected? How does the Supreme Court change with the addition on a new justice?
. How many requests to hear a case does the Court receive each year? How many of those are actually heard? What are some of the reasons justices agree to hear a case?
. Do you think the Court should decide cases based on public (or popular) opinion? Why or why not?
. How do Supreme Court Justices hear the cases brought before them?
. What is the importance of Marbury v. Madison?
. Briefly describe one aspect of the opinion writing process you found interesting.
. How would you characterize the interactions between the justices?
. How does the judicial branch differ from the other two branches (legislative and executive) that we've studied?