NOTE TO STUDENTS: Before answering the questions, read the “Background” and watch the video under “Resources” below the questions.

1. a) How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court?
b) Who is the Chief Justice? Which president appointed him?
c) List the associate justices.

2. a) How many cases are sent to the U.S. Supreme Court each year?
b) How many of those cases do the justices actually agree to hear?
c) What must any case appealing to the Supreme Court involve?

3. The cases described in the article are among many religious liberty cases appealing to the Supreme Court. What specific right does each of the following plaintiffs say were violated?
a) Apache Stronghold
b) Rastafarian Damon Landor
c) Avraham Goldstein and four other professors
d) Group of Muslim, Jewish and Christian parents in Montgomery County, MD - LGBTQ storybooks for kids
e) Young Israel of Tampa ads on buses

4. a) Which of the religious liberty cases listed in this article - there are many other appeals also - do you think the U.S. Supreme Court should agree to hear this term? (Oct. 2024 - June 2025)
b) How do you think the justices should rule on those cases? Explain your answer.

CHALLENGE: Follow news on the Supreme Court to see which cases the justices accept. Then follow the oral arguments when presented, as well as the justices ruling - which could take place as late as the end of June 2024.