Unit 5 The Judicial Branch

What is highest court in the land?

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

The president appoints Supreme Court justices for....

• 1 year
• 5 years
• life
• 10 years

The leader of the Supreme Court is called the ___.

• Speaker of the House

• Chief Justice

• Chief Courter

• Speaker of the Court

What is Judicial Review?

• The Supreme Court shaping polices by addressing social and political issues
• The Supreme Court should avoid taking the initiative on social and political questions
• A clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property.
• The Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional 

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

• 5
• 9
• 12
• 15

A court’s authority to hear and decide cases - 

• judicial review
• writ of certiorari 
• jurisdiction
• stare decisis

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

• civil case
• certificate 
• criminal case 
• original jurisdiction

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

• criminal case
• certificate
• civilian tribunal
• civil case

When a party who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it, they are asking the ___.

• district court
• appellate court
• county court
• trial court

The person whom the complaint is filed against is known as...

• victim

• defendant

• plaintiff

• justice