Judicial - levels and judicial review

What is Judicial Review?

• The courts can review laws and declare them unconstitutional

• Judges have a review system for some court cases

• The courts have the ability to reverse a decision

Marbury v. Madison (1803) established?

• The Supreme Court can now “check” the other branches of government with Judicial Review

• The Supreme Court can NOT check the other branches by using Judicial Review.

The judicial branch

• enforces the law

• interprets the law

• carries out the law

• makes the law

The highest court in the land is

• the U.S. Supreme Court
• the VA Supreme Court
• the International Court of Justice
• the National Supreme Court

Which court case established Judicial Review?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

The judicial branch checks the legislative branch when

• the Supreme Court grant pardons

• the President calls Congress into special session

• Congress approves a justice to the Supreme Court

• the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional

Which U.S. Court has a judge with or without a jury and original jurisdiction?

• U.S. District Court
• U.S. Supreme Court
• VA Circuit Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals

A dual court system means

• Federal courts with two levels

• Federal and State courts

• Federal courts with three levels

• There are two types of jurisdictions: appellate and original

The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional.

• Judicial Review

• Due Process of Law

• Appeal

• Precedent

The Judicial Branch is discussed in Article (a)   of the Constitution.