Judicial Branch Review

What is the role of the judicial branch in our government?

• interpret laws

• make laws

• enforce laws

• change laws

Being found not guilty is also known as what?

• aquitted

• appealed

• indicted

• slandered

How long do federal judges serve?

• as long as they are re-elected

• life

• 4 year terms

• 6 year terms

Common law is derived from what?

• judicial precedent

• state laws

• national laws

• relations between individuals

Which court is set up explicitly by Article III of the Constitution?

• Supreme Court

• District courts

• Courts of Appeal

• State courts

Weeks v. United States (1914) created this rule and Mapp v. Ohio (1961) extended it to the states.

• exclusionary rule

• clear and present danger rule

• double jeopardy rule

• separate but equal rule

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) strengthened which Constitutional right?

• religious freedom

• free speech

• right to bear arms

• right to counsel

Which of the following is NOT a type of civil law?

• contract law

• family law

• civil rights law

• property law

Most cases begin at which level?

• federal district courts

• state trial courts

• Supreme Court

• courts of appeal

The Supreme Court decided that libel must be adequately proven in which landmark decision?

• Schenck v. United States (1919)

• New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

• New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)

• Near v. Minnesota (1931)