E-Resource Center: John Jay College of Criminal Justice: City University of NY
You are viewing this site as a JJC student. Change
John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of NY
Home Writing Tutorials Grammar Tutorials Course Tutorials CUNY Test Tutorials Major Advisement
Reading Your TextbookCriminal Justice 101Government 101 Sociology 101 Criminology
101 Course Tutorials
Government 101 Back to Exercise Menu

Judicial Branch: Introduction to Exercise 2 - The Supreme Court
What You Will Learn

The following exercise deals with:
  • The Supreme Court
  • Nomination of Supreme Court justices
Key Terms


concurring opinions
court of appeals
dissenting opinions
majority opinion


Supreme Court justice
U.S. Supreme Court
writ of certiorari

Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Complete the passages by dragging terms from the given list and dropping them in the right spaces. Correct answers will remain in the text, and incorrect choices will go back to the list of terms.
continue to exercise
About Us | Site Map | Help | Center for English Language Support

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education (Title V) and the
New York State Education Department (Perkins III)

Bookmark and Share