The Judicial Branch

Court with only original jurisdiction

• Supreme
• Appeal
• District

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)

Supreme Court justices are nominated by the _______.

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

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

When the court determines if rights were violated 

• original jurisdiciton
• appellate jurisdiction
• real jurisdiciton
• fake jurisdiction 

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

• civil case
• certificate 
• criminal case 
• original jurisdiction

The finding of judgement of a court

• Congress
• reverse
• verdict
• appeal

The highest court in the nation.

• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals
• District Court
• Federal Court

When a party who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it, they are asking the ___.

• district court
• appellate court
• county court
• trial court

What kind of court is most likely to hear a civil suit between neighbors?

• Appellate court
• State supreme court
• Trial court
• U.S. Supreme Court