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1st Amendment Answer Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech 4th Amendment Answer Search and seizure 5th Amendment Answer The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy 6th Amendment Answer Right to a speedy and public trial 14th Amendment Answer Due Process Executive, Legislative, Judicial Answer Three Branches Executive Branch Answer Enforces laws Legislative Branch Answer Makes laws Judicial Branch Answer Interprets the laws Supreme Court Answer Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial review. President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.