Federal Courts

Which show the the three levels of the Federal Court System, from lowest to highest?

• City, County, State

• District, Appeal, Supreme

• Supreme, Appeal, District

• County, State, Federal

How many justices are on the Supreme Court

• Seven

• Eight

• Nine

• Ten

Which article in the Constitution details the Judiciary branch of our government? 

• Article 1
• Article 2
• Article 3
• Article 4

The authority  of a court to hear and decide cases

• Jurisdiction
• Hearing
• Judges
• Clause

Defendants may ask for a review of their case by a higher court if they think the court has made a mistake. This review is called an

• Accusation
• Defense
• Appeal
• Lawyer

The lowest level court branch on the Federal Court system is...

• Supreme
• District
• Appellate
• Town

This type of jurisdiction means the first court to hear a case?

• Appellate
• Concurrent
• Exclusive
• Original

The judges may decide in one of three ways: uphold (AGREE) the original decision, reverse (disagree) the decision, or __________the case—send it back to the lower court to be tried again

• Rewind
• Reverse
• Reup
• Remand

When the Supreme Court hears a case, one of it's options is to ______________the decision of the lower court and “let it stand,”

• Affirm
• Affix
• Affluence
• Aflac

The Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court gave itself the power of "Judicial Review" is....

• Adams v Onis
• Roe v Wade
• Marbury v Madison
• Marshall v Adams