Unit 9 Review

At which level of the court system is a trial by jury an option?

• Supreme Court

• District (Trials) Court

• Appellate Court

• All of them

What is jurisdiction?

• The ability to hear an appeals case.

• The ability to hold the original court trial.

• The authority to hear certain cases.

• The right of a judge to dictate the sentence of a criminal.

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

How long is the term for federal judges and Supreme Court Justices?

• Ten years

• Six years

• Fifteen years

• Life

Most federal cases are first heard in what type of courts?

• Remanded courts

• U.S District Courts

• The U.S Supreme Court

• U.S Court of Appeals

True or False: Supreme Court justices are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate.

• True

• False

True or False: The Supreme Court's rulings are final and must be obeyed by all the lower courts.

• True

• False

The Supreme Court’s power to declare a law unconstitutional and overturn it

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Remand

• Appellate

• Original

The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision

• advanced civil rights for minorities

• upheld the constitutionality of a national bank

• limited Presidential control of foreign policy

• established the power of judicial review

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench

• jury

• judicial review

• justice