U3C10 - Civics 8

There are no qualifications to become a Supreme Court justice.

• True

• False

Judicial review is the most important power of the US Supreme Court.

• True

• False

A federal judge can only be removed from office by being impeached by the President.

• True

• False

What Supreme Court case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Marbury v. Madison

• Bush v. Gore

• Texas v. Johnson

Who was the first female on the Supreme Court?

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Elena Kagan

Who is the defendant in this case: The People of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Jones?

• the people

• the state of North Carolina

• Jones

• the government

In what Supreme Court case did the Supreme Court say that police must inform a person of their rights when being arrested?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Bush v. Gore

• Miranda v. Arizona

Who was the first Hispanic American on the Supreme Court?

• Elena Kagan

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Kathleen Cardone

Efforts by judges to avoid overturning laws and to leave policymaking up to the other two branches of government is known as?

• judicial restraint

• judicial activism

• judicial policymaking

• legislative activism

What is the purpose of our legal system?

• create law

• elect Presidents

• settle disputes involving laws

• elect representatives