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The Vice Presidential Debate will be held tonight with
Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic Senator Kamala Harris
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Location: University of Utah.
Moderator: Susan Page, USA Today.
The debate will be 90 minutes long.  It will be divided into nine segments of 10 minutes each.

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NOTE TO STUDENTS: Before answering the questions, read the “Background” and watch the video under “Resources” below the questions.

1. a) How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court?
b) Who is the Chief Justice? Which president appointed him?
c) List the associate justices.

2. What are two election related cases the Supreme Court has been asked to consider?

3. a) How will the justices hear oral arguments this year as a result of Covid-19?
b) What is unusual about the first 10 cases the court will hear?

4. a) What is at issue in the religious liberty case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia?
b) When will the Court hear the case?

5. By what date will the Supreme Court decide all of the 2020-21 cases it hears?

6. Represented by religious liberty law firm Becket, Sharonell Fulton and other foster parents licensed through Catholic Social Services filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia in May 2018.

• Read about the case at religious liberty law firm Becket’s website.
• Visit Becket’s FreeToFoster website
• Watch two videos at youtube here and here.
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which sides with the city of Philadelphia against the Catholic agency, said of the case, ”Our government could not function if everyone doing the government's business got to pick their own rules. That's exactly what's at stake in a case that will be argued on Nov. 4—Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. We will fight against any attempts to open the door to legalized discrimination against LGBTQ people."

a) How do you think the justices should rule on the case? Explain your answer.
b) Challenge: Follow the oral arguments on Nov. 4.