U.S. Court Systems Review

What case established judicial review?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

What is a check the supreme courts of Virginia and the U.S. have over the executive and legislative branches?

• Judicial review

• Vetoing a law or act

• Appointing judges/justices

• Approving executive appointments

Determining the constitutionality of laws and acts of the executive branch is --

• due process.

• defined in the 5th Amendment.

• defined in the 14th Amendment.

• judicial review.

What type of court system exists in the US today?

• Federal System

• Reserved System for the States

• Appellate System

• Dual Court System

A dual court system means --

• there are state courts and federal courts.

• a person can have a judge, a jury, or both.

• a case can have appellate or original jurisdiction.

• a person can choose to have their case heard in a state court or a federal court.

Most cases having to do with federal laws are FIRST tried in which court?

• U.S. District Court

• VA Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

• VA General District Court

What is the correct order of how a case may go through the US Court System?

• US Court of Appeals, US Supreme Court, US District Court

• US District Court, US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals

• US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals, US District Court

• US District Court, US Court of Appeals, US Supreme Court

In this court there is a judge (no jury).

Civil cases involving lower amounts of money are heard here and it is the court or original jurisdiction for misdemeanors.

The Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court is part of this court.

• General District Court

• Circuit Court

• Court of Appeals of VA

• VA Supreme Court

This court can hear appeals from circuit courts.

• General District Court

• Court of Appeals of Virginia

• Virginia Supreme Court

• Circuit Court

The US Court System is derived from --

• the U.S. Constitution and federal laws.

• state constitutions and laws.

• the U.S. Congress.

• the U.S. Supreme Court.