Pageant Questions: Court Cases, Supreme Court Decisions

Pageant Sample Questions - Supreme Court Cases

• What do you think of the US Supreme Court's handling of the so-called Obama Care health care issue?


• Do you think the United States Supreme Court should rule that any mandate that all Americans purchase an Obama Care health policy is an over-reach of federal government power? Why or why not?


• When entertainment giant Martha Stewart was imprisoned, do you think that she was unfairly targeted for prosecution because she is a powerful woman?


• Colorado passed a requirement that speakers must ask permission from people on public sidewalks and streets before they can speak, display signs, or hand out leaflets. Do you think that such tactics violate constitutional rights to free speech?


• A father sued to block a school from requiring his daughter to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. The court ruled that the phrase "under God" is unconstitutional. Critics claim the court is not interpreting the law, but making law. What do you think about such rulings?


• Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling that pornography is protected as “free speech”?


• What is your opinion about the controversial practice of police taking mouth swabs to record people's DNA, even when they have not been convicted of a crime?


• In America, are citizens "guilty until proven innocent" or "innocent until proven guilty"?


• How would you improve our criminal justice system?


• Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling that pornography is protected as “free speech”?



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