Civics: Article III Judicial Branch

1. After the President picks a person for the Supreme Court, what group must approve the person picked?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• The people get to vote

• The Supreme Court

The main job of the judicial branch is to?

• Interpret the law

• Enforce the law

• provide a jury

• pass bills

A case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by the law

• Civil case

• Criminal case

• original jurisdiction

• certified

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

• 5

• 3

• 9

• 15

Supreme Court decisions are reached by a majority vote.

• True

• False

A case involving a noncriminal matter such as a contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement

• criminal case

• civilian tribunal

• civil case

• certified

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.

• judicial review

• segregated

• landmark case

• judicial court

The person in charge on the Supreme Court is called a __________ ___________

• First Justice

• Speaker of the Supreme Court

• Chief Justice

• King of the Court

Which court case gave the judicial branch the power of judicial review?

• McCulloch v Maryland

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

• Marbury v Madison

The Chief Justice for the Marbury v. Madison case was _________?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Marshal

• Debbie Madison