Corrigé Cour suprême : exercices d’anglais première

1. c (a ruling = une décision de justice)
2. e (a dissent = une opinion dissidente)
3. h (to overturn = renverser, annuler)
4. g (unanimous = unanime)
5. b (a landmark case = une affaire historique)
6. f (to confirm = confirmer par un vote)
7. a (unconstitutional = contraire à la Constitution)
8. d (case law = la jurisprudence)

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

Ordre : 4 – 2 – 3 – 6 – 1 – 5.

1. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
2. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
3. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
4. Loving v. Virginia (1967)
5. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
6. Dobbs v. Jackson (2022)

1. She arrived alone because she had missed the message telling the pupils to meet and go together.
2. The crowd shouted at her, and a woman spat at her.
3. Soldiers from the state guard blocked the door.
4. The President sent the army to escort the pupils.
5. No. The soldiers could not protect them everywhere: some pupils pushed them and threw ink at them.
6. Réponse possible : A court decision gives a right on paper, but brave people have to use that right in real life for things to change.

1. A case usually starts in a District Court, with a first trial.
2. The second step is the appeal, at the Court of Appeals.
3. It hears about 60 cases a year.
4. Rulings are often announced in June.
5. Because thousands of petitions reach the Court every year, but it only hears about sixty cases.

1. Exclusion : The Court ruled that Black people could not be American citizens.
2. Exclusion : It allowed segregation under the “separate but equal” principle.
3. Exclusion : It approved the internment of Japanese Americans.
4. Inclusion : It ended segregation in public schools.
5. Inclusion : It allowed interracial couples to marry everywhere.
6. Inclusion : It recognised same-sex marriage across the country.

1. Brown v. Board was decided in 1954. (année)
2. John Roberts has been Chief Justice since 2005. (point de départ + present perfect)
3. Many Southern schools remained segregated until the 1970s. (limite dans le temps)
4. Thurgood Marshall served on the Court for twenty-four years. (durée)
5. Plessy v. Ferguson was decided more than a century ago. (recul dans le passé)
6. Japanese Americans were interned during the Second World War. (pendant + nom de période)

1. The Supreme Court has nine members. (the Court est singulier)
2. The judges of the Supreme Court are appointed (nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate), not elected.
3. In 1954, the Court decided to end segregation. (ou ruled that segregation was unconstitutional)
4. Justice Sotomayor sits on the Supreme Court.
5. The case law of the Court changed in 1954. (jurisprudence est un faux ami)
6. Brown v. Board of Education was decided unanimously, by 9 votes to 0.

1. Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life.
2. The President nominates a candidate and the Senate confirms him or her.
3. In 1954, the Court put an end to school segregation.
4. The decision was unanimous. (ou was taken unanimously)
5. Southern states refused to enforce the decision.
6. A law can be declared unconstitutional.

1. Des établissements scolaires séparés sont par nature inégaux.
2. La Cour est revenue sur un précédent qui avait duré cinquante ans.
3. Chaque nomination est devenue une bataille politique.
4. L’armée a dû escorter neuf élèves jusque dans leur lycée.
5. Une décision de justice ne peut pas, à elle seule, changer les mentalités.

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