Judicial Branch Quiz

What is a Writ of Certiorari?

• A court order directing a lower court to send record of a case for review
• Court's ability to declare a law unconstitutional

Court with only original jurisdiction

• Supreme
• Appeal
• District

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435

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)

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

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

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

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

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