Our Federal Government Part 2

The judicial branch at the national level is made up -

• Congress

• the Electoral College

• federal courts

• executive departments

Who is largely responsible for establishing the Supreme Court's role in the federal government?

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Marshall

• Oliver Wendell Holmes

Who was the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Sandra Day-O'Connor

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Marshall

Click the POWERS that belong to the federal courts.

• Impeach and remove the president

• Hear cases

• Approve presidential appointments

• Declare laws unconstitutional

• Appoint ambassadors

When the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a law for being unconstitutional, they are exercising the power of -

• indictment

• arraignment

• original jurisdiction

• judicial review

The supreme law of the land is the -

• Constitution of the United States

• Declaration of Independence

• Congress

• Supreme Court

When a state laws conflicts with the United States Constitution -

• the constitution must be amended

• the state law is followed

• the constitution is followed

• the state law becomes part of the constitution

Marbury v. Madison established the principle of -

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• judicial review

• economic flow

The system of checks and balances is part of the U.S. Constitution's fundamental principle of -

• rule of law

• limited government

• consent of the governed

• democracy

If a federal judge took a bribe to cast a favorable verdict for a company, Congress can -

• override the veto

• declare the act unconstitutional

• impeach and remove the federal judge

• appoint a new judge