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Learners investigate the Supreme Court's role and function in the federal government and examine how Chief Justice Rehnquist's illness might affect the future of the Court. They write letters to President Bush on the Supreme Court justice appointment.

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the supreme court, the judicial branch

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chief justice rehnquist, president george w. bush, supreme court, social studies
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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