Judicial Branch

If an appeals court judge decide a district court trial was fair, what happens next? 

• the case goes to the supreme court
• the judges send the case back for a new trial 
• the judges reverse the court's decision 
• the district court verdict stands

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

A court’s authority to hear and decide cases

• judicial review
• writ of certiorari 
• jurisdiction
• stare decisis

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

Power shared by federal and state courts to hear certain cases

• exclusive jurisdiction
• concurrent jurisdiction
• concurring opinion
• court-martial

What is Judicial Review?

• The Supreme Court shaping polices by addressing social and political issues
• The Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions
• A clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property.
• The Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional 

This case established the policy of judicial review

• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Tinker vs. Des Moines
• Marbury vs. Madison
• McCulloch vs Maryland

The U.S. Supreme Court must make all decisions based on  ________.

• the Constitution
• what the President says
• who won the Super Bowl
• the weather