Supreme Court Terms Quiz

Name a court's authority to hear and decide a case.

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

Identify cases that fall under the jurisdiction of both state and federal courts.

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

Identify the authority of a court to be the first court to hold trials in certain kinds of cases.

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

Identify the authority of some courts to review decisions made by lower courts.

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

Define the person making a legal complaint in court.

• conspirator

• defendant

• plaintiff

Define the person against whom a complaint is filed.

• conspirator

• defendant

• plaintiff

Define the concept that a judge should interpret the Constitution according to the Framers' original intentions.

• judicial activism

• judicial restraint

• judicial review

Define the concept that the Constitution should be interpreted more broadly, as an evolving document, something that subsequent generations can interpret consistent with changing values and circumstances.

• judicial activism

• judicial restraint

• judicial review

Identify the principle by which courts can declare acts of either the executive branch or the legislative branch unconstitutional.

• judicial activism

• judicial restraint

• judicial review

Define an order by a higher court seeking review of a lower court case.

• certificate

• briefs

• writ of certiorari

• redress