Judicial Branch - Quiz 2

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

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

A case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by the law 

• civil case
• certificate 
• criminal case 
• original jurisdiction

Acase involving a noncriminal matter such as a contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement

• criminal case
• certificate
• civilian tribunal
• civil case

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

• 5
• 9
• 12
• 15

The president appoints Supreme Court justices for....

• 1 year
• 5 years
• life
• 10 years

Supreme Court decisions are reached by a majority vote.

• True
• False

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.

• judicial review
• segregated
• landmark case
• judicial court

The person in charge on the Supreme Court is called a __________ ___________

• First Justice
• Chief Justice
• Speaker of the Supreme Court
• Premier Justice

Which court case gave the judicial branch the power of judicial review?

• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Marbury v. Madison