The Judicial Branch

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

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.

Which court case created judicial review? 

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

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

• John Marshall
• James Madison
• John Jay
• John Adams

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

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

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

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

• Judicial activism

• Judicial restraint

• Jurisdiction

• Checks and balances

Justice Blackmon said he does not agree with the death penalty, but as a member of the judicial branch, he does not have the ability to overturn it based on the Constitution. Which philosophy is Blackmon practicing?

• Judicial activism
• Judicial restraint
• Jurisdiction
• Checks and balances 

The authority to hear a case is called _______________. 

• Docket
• Brief
• Summation
• Jurisdiction

Which US court hears the most cases? 

• State
• Distict
• Appeals
• Supreme