Judicial Branch Test

One who initiates the suit

• exclusive jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• plaintiff

• defendant

the party whom the suit is brought

• exclusive jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• plaintiff

• defendant

cases that can only be heard in federal courts have this

• exclusive jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• plaintiff

• defendant

court in which a case is first heard has this

• exclusive jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• plaintiff

• defendant

cases that can be heard either in federal or state courts have this

• exclusive jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• plaintiff

• defendant

the majority of the cases heard in the Untied States each year are heard in?

• district courts

• state courts

• appellate courts

• constitutional courts

special courts are created by

• Congress

• President

• federal regulatory agencies

• the States

which does NOT have a significant impact on the appointments of federal judges?

• the President's ideology

• the leaders of the party to which the President belongs

• the senators from the State in which the appointee will serve

• the current members of the Supreme court

judges of the constitutional courts are

• appointed to 15 year terms

• appointed for life

• elected by the Supreme court

• appoint to 10 year terms

Federal magistrates

• make arrests in federal cases

• hear bankruptcy cases

• do the same work as federal marshals

• handle some legal matters that federal judges used to handle