Judicial Branch

A trial, or district, court has

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• federal jurisdicition

True or false:

A federal court may hear a civil or criminal case.

• True

• False

The Judiciary Act of 1789 established two types of lower courts; district and ___.

• Criminal

• Circuit

• Civil

• Trial

If the Supreme Court finds a law in conflict with the Constitution, it

• asks Congress to repeal the law

• declares the law unconstitutional

• changes the Constitution

• files an injunction

What is one of the goals of the court system?

• filing a law suit

• convicting criminals

• deciding if a law is constitutional or not

• treating every person fairly and equally

Judges in the courts of appeal can decide a case in all of the following ways except:

• They can revoke a case.

• They can uphold the result of the trial.

• They can remand a case.

• They can reverse the result of the trial

What does the judge decide in an appeals case?

• If the trial was judged fairly

• the length of the convicted criminal's sentence

• what a convicted person eats for his/her last meal

• whether a convicted person should change lawyers

Who is the defendent in this case:

The People of the State of Florida v. Jones

• The People

• The Federal Government

• The State of Florida

• Jones

What is the Judicial Branch's main role?

• carry out the process of checks and balances

• rewrite and amend laws

• declare laws constitutional or unconstitutional

• to interpret laws and protect people's rights.

Who decides the facts in a case?

• the accused

• the defendant

• the jury

• the lawyers