Which of the following courts does NOT have Appellate Jurisdiction?

8th Circuit U.S. Appellate Court

What kinds of cases does the Supreme Court hear?

Cases that deal with the Constitution

Cases that deal with federal laws

Mostly cases that are being appealed

What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?

Original jurisdiction refers to a court where a case is first heard; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard after it was tried in a lower court.

Original jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a federal court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a State court.

Original jurisdiction refers to criminal or civil cases; appellate jurisdiction refers to only to civil cases.

Original jurisdiction refers to a case that could be heard in a federal or a State court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case that must be heard in a federal court.

What is a possible avenue through which some cases have reached the Supreme Court?

The Court issues a writ of certiorari instructing a lower court to send it a case to review.

Congress asks the Court to review a proposed or recently passed law to see if it is constitutional.

A State holds a convention in which the public votes to have a case sent to the Court for review.

The Court decides to review one of its own earlier cases in order to change or modify its ruling.

A judge in a U.S. court of appeals will never be responsible for making which of the following decisions?

deciding the guilt or innocence of a defendant

deciding that the case should be tried again

deciding whether a defendant has received a fair trial

deciding whether a defendant's rights have been protected

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Role of the judicial branch

make laws

interpret laws

enforce laws

impeach a president

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Highest court in the land

appellate courts

trial courts

district courts

Supreme Courts

Name for a Supreme Court judge

bench

jury

judicial review

justice

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

100

435

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A check the judicial branch has on the legislative branch

Impeach for committing a crime

Veto laws

Nominate a justice to the Supreme Court

Declare a law to be unconstitutional

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Term of office for a Supreme Court justice

elected for a period of 5 years

nominated for a period of 10 years

elected for a period of 8 years

nominated for life (until retirement or death)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The power of judicial review means that the Supreme Court can ...

declare laws passed by Congress or actions of the president unconstitutional

review the Constitution and make laws

review the Constitution and veto laws

impeach a president or member of Congress for doing something unconstitutional

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