Judicial Branch

The lowest court in the federal system is:

• Appellate court

• The Supreme Court

• District court

• The state court system

When the Supreme Court makes a decision, all the courts beneath it must:

• Abide by it

• Ignore it

• Come to their own decisions about it

The Supreme Court has how many justices?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 9

Who nominates a Supreme Court Judge?

• President

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Vice President

What is the main job of the Judicial Branch?

• Make Laws

• Enforce Laws

• Interpret Laws

What "check" does the Judicial Branch have over the other branches?

• Declare laws or acts unconstitutional

• Veto laws

• Appoint cabinet members

• Create a national budget

The decisions of the Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the

• voting rights of minorities
• guarantees of free speech and the press
• principle of separation of church and state
• rights of accused persons

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

As a result of the Supreme Court ruling in Miranda v. Arizona, a person accused of a crime is entitled to

• a speedy trial
• reasonable bail
• a reading of his or her rights at the time of arrest
• protection against cruel and unusual punishment

Gideon v. Wainwright

• Supreme Court ruled that lawyers had to be provided for those who could not afford them
• Allowed the government to move Japanese-American citizens to concentration camps during WW II
• Established the separate but equal clause
• Supreme Court ruled that states can't shut their borders to interstate commerce