Judicial Branch Test Review

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

• To arrest people who are making trouble in society

• To create new laws so the country runs smoothly

• To enforce laws and punish people if they do not follow them

• To make sure laws are fair and constitutional

What is judicial review? 

• This gives Congress the power to stop the president.
• This gives the Supreme Court to rule laws unconstitutional.  
• This gives the President the ability to pick whoever he wants to his cabinet. 
• This gives the President the power to choose Supreme Court Justices. 

Why is Marbury v. Madison such an import Supreme Court case? 

• It established judicial review
• It gave the President more power than Congress
• It established the Rule of Law for everyone
• It made sure that Separation of Power was followed. 

When would a writ of certiorari need to be written?

• When the police are looking for a search warrant.
• When the State Supreme Court reverses the decision of the lower courts.
• When the US Court of Appeals admits to the Supreme Court that they made a mistake.
• When a lower court is asking the US Supreme Court to hear their case.

What are the three main levels of federal courts?

• District courts, Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court
• city courts, state courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court
• mayor’s court, city court, and federal court
• district courts, magistrate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court

From which of the following courts is there no appeal?

• U.S. Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court
• U.S. High Court

John accidently ran over Suzy's expensive bike with his car. John refuses to pay the $2000 to replace the bike. What court could help Suzy? 

• U.S. District Court
• County Court
• US Supreme Court
• State Court of Appeals

The purpose of the Judicial branch is:

• Interpret laws
• Create laws
• Enforce laws

The Supreme Court takes on a case about the constitutional merits of a law. After hearing arguments for and against the law, they issue a verdict that the law goes against certain provisions of the U.S. Constitution. Once determined unconstitutional, the law is struck down, or voided.
What kind of practice is exemplified in the situation described?

• judicial review
  
• federal appeal
• limited government
• popular sovereignty
  

When a case is heard for the first time, it is heard from a court that has...

• Original Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Concurrent Jurisdiction
• Supreme Jurisdiction