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Government - Unit 3 - Lesson 3

Government - Unit 3 - Lesson 3

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

Created by

Sara Honsinger

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States Supreme Court is sometimes called 

SCOTUS

Congress

NAFTA

SEATO

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In most instances a case gets to the Supreme Court after..

it has been ruled on in a lower court or court of appeals.

the President signs an executive order for it to be heard.

Congress passes legislation for it to be heard.

a state rules that the President vetoed one of their own laws.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you lost all of your appeals, and you still believe your case should be heard by the Supreme Court you can issue ____________.

a civil lawsuit

an ex post facto law

a writ of certiorari

a minority brief

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What must be exhausted before the Supreme Court hears a case? 

your appeals at the lower levels of the state or federal system

your ability to sit in jail any longer

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False:

Every writ of certiorari must be heard by the Supreme Court. 

TRUE

FALSE

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the function of the Solicitor General? 

They petition for a writ of certiorari for cases that have been appealed once before in a higher court.

They screen out a lot of petitions because those cases don't raise a lot of federal law questions or because they've already been decided in other cases.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many U.S. district courts are there?

50

94

663

12

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