1. More than ninety percent of Supreme Court judges have been from socially prominent, politically infleuntial, upper-class families.

2. The doctrine of original intent has guided the Supreme Court in most of its decisions.

3. The historic court decision which established judicial review was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.

4. Clarence Thomas is the first black Supreme Court justice. 

5. The number of justices on the Supreme Court was fixed at nine by the Founders in the Constitution.

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1. True (pg. 330-1)

2. False (pg. 343-4)

3. False (pg . 329)

4. False (pg. 334)

5. False (pg. 340)