The Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch

9th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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The Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The authority to determine the constitutionality of an act or action of the local, state or federal government is called __________. 

Judicial review
Judicial activism
Judicial restraint
Judicial authority

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review?

Judicial review allows the courts to nullify unconstitutional laws. 
Judicial review protects the Constitutional rights of the citizens.
Judicial review gives the courts the power to remove government officials that breaks the law.
Judicial review enables the courts to check the legislative and executive branches.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which court case created judicial review? 

Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
Simmons v. Roper
McCulloch v. Maryland

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Chief Justice that wrote the majority ruling creating judicial review?

John Marshall
James Madison
John Jay
John Adams

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A judge who held a philosophical position of judicial activism would most likely see the Constitution as _____________.

the framers saw it
A document of limits
A living document
A conservative

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Judicial restraint is a philosophy where judges’ decisions are influenced by _______________.

Popular opinion
Personal, political and social beliefs
Precedent and original meaning 
Other judges 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Atkins v. Virginia, the Court ruled that, based on today’s understanding of cruel and unusual punishment, the 8th amendment prevents states from imposing the death penalty on mentally retarded criminals

Judicial activism

Judicial restraint

Jurisdiction

Checks and balances

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