Judicial Branch

What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?

• 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.
• 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.

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.

The practice of senatorial courtesy does with of the folowing?

• confirms any federal judge who serves in the State in which the president was born.
• shows courtesy to federal judges who have served in the Senate.
• considers the preferences of senators regarding judges serving in their State.
• ensures that every federal judge has a professional background from his or her State.

When a Supreme Court justice agrees with the decision reached by the Court in a case, but not with the reasons why the Court made that decision, he or she may choose to write a

• concurring opinion.
• dissenting opinion.
• majority opinion.
• unanimous opinion.

In the federal court system, the cases tried by the district courts

• are usually appealed to a higher court by the losing side.
• make up the majority of federal cases brought to trial.
• deal only with federal crimes as defined by Congress.
• always involve the United States as a plaintiff.

How many Supreme Court Justices sit on the Supreme Court?

• 7

• 9

• 5

• 12

Choose the answer(s) that are true of Judicial Review.

• Allows the US Supreme Court the authority to choose which cases they will hear.

• Is the result of Marbury v Madison

• The actions of the executive and legislative branches of government are subject to review.

• Gives the US Supreme Court authority to rule actions unconstitutional.

The Rule of 4 states that:

• Attorney's are only allotted 4 minutes per witness for questioning

• If there are ever less than 4 Supreme Court Justices, the role of the Judicial Branch is taken over by the President

• There must be at least 4 members of a jury in order to try a case

• 4 or more Justices must agree to hear a case for it to go to the Supreme Court

This kind of court case relates to the rights of citizens

• Trial

• Criminal

• Civil

• Supreme