Judicial Branch AND Checks and Balances

When the Supreme Court can find laws unconstitutional, it is known as:

• Original Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Judicial Review
• Due Process

What type of law settles disagreements between two parties?

• Criminal Law
• Common Law
• Compensatory Law
• Civil Law

The Constitutional protection against unfair government laws and actions is called:

• Judicial Review
• Checks and Balances
• Due Process
• Probable Cause

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws and executive acts unconstitutional?

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive
• Democratic

The person filing a lawsuit in a civil case is the  - 

• accused
• prosecutor
• defendant
• plaintiff

Mrs. Kepler is suing Ford Motor Company for causing damage to her brand new Ford Focus ST. Who is the plaintiff in this case?

• Mrs. Kepler
• Ford Motor Company
• US Attorney
• Commonwealth of Virginia

According to this illustration, which US court would be the court of final appeal?                                                                                                                                                                

• US District Court
• US Circuit Court
• US Court of Appeals
• US Supreme Court

Which branch has the power to do the following?
-prepare the annual budget
-call special session of Congress

• Legislative Powers
• Executive Powers
• Judicial Powers
• Democratic Powers

When the President proposes legislation in his annual State of the Union address, he is checking which branch of government?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial
• Republican

Which branch of government has the power to appoint judges?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial
• Democratic