The Judicial Branch

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench
• jury
• judicial review
• justice

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Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435

Unconstitutional means _____________

• to charge a public official with wrong doing
• the Constitution does NOT allow it
• rejecting a law and refusing to sign it
• to determine the meaning of the Constitution

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Term of office for a Supreme Court justice

• elected for a period of 5 years
• nominated for a period of 10 years
• elected for a period of 8 years
• nominated for life (until retirement or death)

Document that describes the judicial branch

• Article I
• Article II
• Article III
• Articles of Confederation

Supreme Court justices are nominated by the _______.

• President
• Speaker of the House
• House of Representatives
• Senate

After the President picks a person for the Supreme Court, what group must approve the person picked?

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Dancing with the Stars judges

What is highest court in the land?? 

• a.  U.S. Court of Appeals 
• a.  U.S. Supreme Court 
• a.  U.S. District Court 
• a.  U.S. High Court

The main job of the judicial branch is to?

• a.  interpret the law
• a.  make pop corn
• a.  enforce the law
• a.  provide a jury

The Supreme Court's job is to protect

• the states
• Congress
• the President
• the "Law of the Land"