American Government: Standard 13

Why did the Constitution provide for two separate court systems?

• to keep the federal court system from being overwhelmed

• to establish the federal court system as having more power than State courts

• to maintain a balance of power between the Federal Government and the States

• to strengthen the balance of power between the three branches of Federal Government

How are federal judges selected?

• The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is named to the bench by the President and does not need to be confirmed.
• The person is publicly elected to the bench and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is nominated by the Senate and chosen by the President.

When a case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the court can do which of the following?

• Declares the law involved in the case to be unconstitutional.
• Sends the case to Congress to decide on the legality of the law involved.
• Sends the case back to the lower court for reconsideration.
• Passes the case on to a higher court.

US Court of Federal Claims, US Tax Court, and Courts of the District of Columbia are examples of what?

• Constitutional Courts
• Inferior Courts
• Special Courts
• Superior Courts

How many Supreme Court Justices sit on the Supreme Court?

• 7

• 9

• 5

• 12

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)

Which Chief Justice established Judicial Review?

• John Roberts
• Oliver Wendell Holmes
• William Howard Taft
• John Marshall

Which future Supreme Court justice argued for Brown in the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court case in 1954?

• John Roberts
• John Marshall
• Arthur Kennedy
• Thurgood Marshall

which court is highest

• Supreme Court

• Court of Appeals

• Distict Courts

What was the impact of the Marbury v Madison case?

• The case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review, it also allowed them to make laws and passed by Congress to be unconstitutional.

• The case impacted nothing

• It gave the courts power