Quizizz_Course E16

To charge a government official with committing a crime:

• impeach

• prosecute

• indict

A group of people who decide whether a person should be convicted of a crime:

• counsel

• congress

• jury

Which Amendment protects an accused person from being compelled to be a witness against oneself?

• The 1st Amendment

• The 5th Amendment

• The 19th Amendment

The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in the Supreme Court:

• alone, as the highest court in the land

• and such inferior courts as the Congress may ordain and establish

• and the Legislative and Executive branches equally

Which of the following does not constitute treason against the United States:

• petitioning the government for a redress of grievances

• giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States

• levying war against the United States

The U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over which of the following:

• all cases between citizens of different states

• all cases involving foreign citizens

• all cases involving ambassadors

U.S. Supreme Court Justices are:

• appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate

• nominated by the President and appointed by a resolution of the Senate

• elected by the people, with the advice and consent of the Senate

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Senate:

• with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the Senate when any Senator is tried for impeachment

• for all trials of impeachment

• when the President of the United States is tried for impeachment

Judge in every state shall be bound by:

• the U.S. Constitution and all U.S. laws and treaties made under Constitutional authority

• the U.S. Constitution and federal laws that conform to the U.S. Constitution

• the authority of the U.S. Constitution

The trial of all federal crimes shall be by jury:

• except for impeachment

• except for non-violent crimes

• with no exceptions