Judicial Branch Reading Quiz

A state may not take a person's life, liberty, or property without

• a Supreme Court opinion

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• due process

A majority of the cases heard by the Supreme Court come

• from lower courts as appeals

• from the office of the President

• through federal jurisdiction

• through Congressional hearings

A petition to the Supreme Court to hear a case is called a

• brief

• precedent

• writ of certiorari

• per curiam

This is the check Congress has over the Supreme Court

• override power

• amendment power

• confirmation power

• veto power

This Supreme Court case gave the Court the power of judicial review

• Slaughterhouse Case

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v Ferguson

This comprises the largest block of the Court's cases

• civil liberties

• economic issues

• due process of law

• federal legislation

A Supreme Court decision sets a

• precedent

• judicial circuit

• trial court date

• state court jurisdiction

This means "let the decision stand"

• writ of certiorari

• per curiam

• stare decisis

• amicus curiae

The president's most important influence over the Court is the power to

• veto a ruling

• override a decision

• appoint justices with Senate consent

• demand judicial review

A trial court has

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• federal jurisdiction