Judicial Branch in a Flash REVIEW

Judicial Branch in a Flash Lesson

by Andrew Satunas

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The Supreme Court is a trial court

• TRUE

• FALSE

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There is only one judge in a trial court.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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A jury decides the case in a bench trial.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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If you break a state law, your case will probably be in a state court system.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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It would be easy to prove a case without evidence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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If the Court of Appeals remands a case, that means the court says the verdict was right.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The federal court system was created by Congress.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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State court systems were created by the Constitution of the United States.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an appeal.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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When the Court of Appeals affirms a case, it sends the case back to the trial court.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The Supreme Court gets the last word about what the Constitution really says.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is

• CIVIL

• CRIMINAL

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If you appeal a case, you are going to

• appellate court

• trial court

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The court that gets to decide what is constitutional

• Supreme Court

• Civil Court

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If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it will

• affirm the decision

• reverse the decision

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If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a

• jury trial

• bench trial

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A word that means “relating to the rights of citizens”

• criminal

• civil

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If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a

• jury trial

• bench trial

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The Supreme Court has

• three justices

• nine justices

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If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it has

• affirmed the case

• remanded the case

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If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will see

• three judges

• one judge

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The decision in a case is called the

• evidence

• verdict

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If you break a law of the United States, your case will probably be in

• federal court

• state court

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At trial, lawyers try to prove their case using

• an appeal

• evidence

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State courts were created by

• The U.S. Constitutions

• Individual state constitutions