Test Review - Supreme Court, lower courts and the law

Which constitutional principle is applied when police inform suspects of their rights?

• trial by jury

• due process of law

• eminent domain

• double jeopardy

Miranda v. Arizona established the Miranda Warnings, which remind citizens of their ______ and ________ amendment rights.

• 1st and 2nd

• 3rd and 4th

• 5th and 6th

• 7th and 8th

Supreme Court case that established judicial review, which means that the Supreme Court has the final say on interpreting the Constitution.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• United States v. Nixon

• Mapp v. Ohio

U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that the First Amendment does not protect all types of student speech in school

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the Florida Supreme Court's plan for recounting ballots violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

• Bush v. Gore (2000)

The diagram provides details about the U.S. court system.

Which court completes the diagram?

• Court of Veterans Appeals

• Court of Appeals

• Military Courts

• Claims Courts

A Court-Martial happens only to

• members of the military.

• provide juvenile justice.

• to punish civilians.

• parents who are involved in child protective services.

Before a law can be declared unconstitutional,

• the president must agree to the declaration.

• there must be a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate.

• someone must challenge the law and bring a case to court.

• the U.S. Court of Federal Claims must hold a hearing.

All federal judges are

• elected to office.

• hired by the Supreme Court.

• appointed by the president.

• appointed by the Senate.

In a court of appeals, decisions are made by

• panels of at least three judges.

• a petit jury.

• the chief justice.

• a grand jury.