Judicial Branch test review

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

• To arrest people who are making trouble in society

• To create new laws so the country runs smoothly

• To enforce laws and punish people if they do not follow them

• To make sure laws are fair and constitutional

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• State Appeals Court
• County Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court

What is judicial review? 

• This gives Congress the power to stop the president.
• This gives the Supreme Court to rule laws unconstitutional.  
• This gives the President the ability to pick whoever he wants to his cabinet. 
• This gives the President the power to choose Supreme Court Justices. 

If a person commits a federal crime, like tampering with mail or committing a crime in multiple states, which trial court will have jurisdiction?

• County Court

• The U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

What are the three main levels of federal courts?

• District courts, Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court
• city courts, state courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court
• mayor’s court, city court, and federal court
• district courts, magistrate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court

From which of the following courts is there no appeal because it is the highest court in the U.S.?

• U.S. Court of Appeals

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court

• U.S. High Court

What is the main job of the Judicial Branch?

• make laws

• veto laws

• enforce laws

• Interpret laws

What are two reasons people go to court?

• appeal laws and veto laws

• veto laws and breaking a law

• breaking a law and civil lawsuit

• appeal laws and change the Constitution

A formal request to ask a higher court to review a case

• interpretation

• verdict

• confession

• appeal

Who nominates judges at the national level?

• Senate

• Lawyers

• Voters

• President