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Judicial Branch Reading Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

a Supreme Court opinion

original jurisdiction

appellate jurisdiction

due process

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

brief

precedent

writ of certiorari

per curiam

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is the check Congress has over the Supreme Court

override power

amendment power

confirmation power

veto power

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Slaughterhouse Case

McCulloch v. Maryland

Marbury v. Madison

Plessy v Ferguson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This comprises the largest block of the Court's cases

civil liberties

economic issues

due process of law

federal legislation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A Supreme Court decision sets a

precedent

judicial circuit

trial court date

state court jurisdiction

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