Use the text Law of the Land to answer the question.

Law of the Land = The United States Supreme Court is the nation’s highest court. It heads the government’s judicial branch (see “Government Branches”). The court’s job is to solve disagreements. It hears around 80 cases a year. These cases affect citizens’ rights. They also raise important questions about the law. The court is made up of nine
judges, called justices. Each is picked by the president and approved by the Senate. Justices may serve for life. The Supreme Court was created in 1789. That was two years after our country’s founders wrote the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution lays out rules for how the government should work. The Supreme Court’s role is to ensure the president and Congress follow the Constitution. The court can tell the president if
his or her actions are allowed. It can also tell Congress that a law is unconstitutional.
Historic Decision Supreme Court rulings affect all Americans. One crucial case was Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954. Oliver Brown had sued the school system in Topeka, Kansas. His daughter, Linda, could not attend the school closest to her home. It was an all-white school. Linda was black. Her father thought this treatment was unfair. The Supreme Court heard Brown’s case. The court ruled that the Constitution gives equal rights to all children in the U.S. The court said having separate schools for black and white children was unconstitutional. The case helped to end segregation in U.S. public schools. "The results still touch our lives today." —By Brian S. McGrath

Which part of the text can you use to discover the role of Congress?


Responses

1) the entire article

2) the picture captions

3) the blue boxes at the end of the article

4) the red headlines