Exercices Cour suprême : anglais en première

Associe chaque mot anglais à sa traduction (a à h).

1. a ruling
2. a dissent
3. to overturn
4. unanimous
5. a landmark case
6. to confirm
7. unconstitutional
8. case law

a. contraire à la Constitution – b. une affaire historique – c. une décision de justice – d. la jurisprudence – e. une opinion dissidente – f. confirmer par un vote – g. unanime – h. renverser, annuler

Complète avec : Justices, nominated, confirmed, ruled, dissent, life.

1. The Supreme Court is made up of nine ___.
2. A new judge is ___ by the President.
3. Then the candidate must be ___ by the Senate.
4. Members of the Court serve for ___.
5. In 1954, the Court ___ that school segregation was unconstitutional.
6. A Justice who disagrees with the majority can write a ___.

Classe ces décisions de la plus ancienne à la plus récente.

1. Obergefell v. Hodges
2. Plessy v. Ferguson
3. Brown v. Board of Education
4. Dred Scott v. Sandford
5. Dobbs v. Jackson
6. Loving v. Virginia

Lis le témoignage imaginaire d’une élève de Little Rock puis réponds en anglais.

1. Why did the narrator arrive alone?
2. How did the crowd react?
3. Who first prevented the pupils from entering?
4. What did the President do?
5. Did the soldiers solve every problem? Justify.
6. Explain the last sentence in your own words.

Observe le schéma puis réponds en anglais.

1. Where does a case usually start?
2. What is the second step called?
3. How many cases does the Supreme Court hear each year?
4. When are rulings often announced?
5. Why can we say that the Court is very selective?

Pour chaque décision, dis si elle a plutôt inclus (Inclusion) ou exclu (Exclusion) une partie de la population, et explique en une phrase anglaise.

1. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
2. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
3. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
4. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
5. Loving v. Virginia (1967)
6. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

Complète avec : for, since, ago, in, until, during.

1. Brown v. Board was decided ___ 1954.
2. John Roberts has been Chief Justice ___ 2005.
3. Many Southern schools remained segregated ___ the 1970s.
4. Thurgood Marshall served on the Court ___ twenty-four years.
5. Plessy v. Ferguson was decided more than a century ___.
6. Japanese Americans were interned ___ the Second World War.

Chaque phrase contient une erreur. Recopie-la correctement.

1. The Supreme Court have nine members.
2. The judges of the Supreme Court are elected by the people.
3. In 1954, the Court decided of ending segregation.
4. Judge Sotomayor sits on the Supreme Court.
5. The jurisprudence of the Court changed in 1954.
6. Brown v. Board of Education was decided by 5 votes against 4.

Traduis ces phrases en anglais.

1. Les juges de la Cour suprême sont nommés à vie.
2. Le président propose un candidat et le Sénat le confirme.
3. En 1954, la Cour a mis fin à la ségrégation scolaire.
4. La décision a été prise à l’unanimité.
5. Les États du Sud ont refusé d’appliquer la décision.
6. Une loi peut être déclarée inconstitutionnelle.

Traduis ces phrases en français.

1. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
2. The Court overturned a precedent that had lasted fifty years.
3. Every nomination has become a political battle.
4. The army had to escort nine students into their school.
5. A ruling alone cannot change people’s minds.

Prépare une présentation orale ou écrite de 120 à 150 mots : Present a landmark Supreme Court decision and explain its impact.

1. Nomme l’affaire et donne sa date.
2. Résume la situation de départ.
3. Explique ce que la Cour a décidé (The Court ruled that…).
4. Décris les réactions et les conséquences.
5. Conclus en disant si le droit a suffi à changer la société.