EOC Review - Commonly Missed Concepts

The confirmation process of a nominee to the Supreme Court begins with hearings before the

• Senate Judiciary Committee

• House Judiciary Committee

• Department of Justice

• American Bar Association

What kind of cases makes up the major part of the Supreme Court’s caseload?

• jury trials

• disputes between states

• trials without juries

• appeals

Read the selection and answer the question that follows.

“Limitations [on the power of government] . . . can be preserved in practice in no other way than through . . . courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor [obvious meaning] of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing.”

—Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 78

What significant power did Hamilton foresee for the federal courts?

• judicial activism

• judicial review

• precedent

• stare decisis

Approximately how many cases does the U.S. Supreme Court agree to hear every year?

• 8,000

• 10

• 10,000

• 100

Federal courts of appeals that review rulings from lower federal trial courts and have appellate jurisdiction are called?

• district courts

• municipal courts

• circuit courts

• state courts

The opinion that agrees with the decision reached by the court, but for reasons different from those used to support the majority.

• majority opinion

• concurring opinion

• minority opinion

• dissenting opinion

What was the result of President Truman issuing an executive order authorizing the government to take over the steel mills during the Korean War?

• established that the federal government had the right to take over private property

• Supreme Court struck down the order as unconstitutional

• Secretary of Commerce took over the steel mills

• power of the president was greatly expanded

Congress checks the power of the President by

• appointing members of the executive branch.

• ignoring the President’s actions as a legislative leader.

• deciding if the President’s actions are unconstitutional.

• approving many presidential decisions and appointments.

Which is an executive agency under the direct control of the President?

• FCC

• NASA

• Department of State

• United States Postal Service

Which of the following is an example of a regulatory commission under the executive branch?

• Amtrak

• NSC

• EPA

• FCC