Judicial Branch

Although not exclusively limited by the US Constitution, how many justices are currently seated in the Supreme Court?

• 8

• 5

• 9

• 7

Which of the following courts were originally created with the Constitution?

• U.S. Federal Court of Appeals

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Federal District Court

• State Supreme Courts

How long is a term for a Supreme Court Justice?

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 35 years

• Lifetime

Select the following answer that best describes how a Supreme Court Justice is appointed into office:

• Congress has the exclusive power to nominate and appoint Supreme Court Justices

• The President of the US first nominates the candidates and that candidate is later approved by the House of Representatives.

• The President of the US first nominates the candidates and that candidate is later approved by the Senate

• The Chief Justice has the sole ability to bring in new justices

Why was the Judicial Branch created?

• to make the laws

• to interpret the laws

• to enforce the laws

• to renew the laws

According to the US Constitution, which is the highest court in the land?

• The Supreme Court

• Court of Appeals

• Ninth District Circuit Court

• Federal Courts

What did Hamilton mean when he made the following statement?

“Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.” —Alexander Hamilton

• For laws to be effective, there must be courts to make them known to citizens consistently.

• For laws to be effective, there must be courts to interpret them consistently.

• Laws that are not obeyed should be repealed by the courts.

• Laws that are not obeyed should be enforced by the courts.

This ruling explicitly outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities (legal establishment of separate government-run schools for blacks and whites), ruling so on the grounds that the doctrine of "separate but equal" public education could never truly provide black Americans with facilities of the same standards available to white Americans

• Brown vs Board of Ed

• Escobedo vs ILL

• Dred Scott vs Sanford

• Gregg vs Georgia

A constitutional right to an abortion is established, though the court laid down a trimester criteria in determining whether states can impose restrictions

• Regents of California v. Bakke,

• Roe v. Wade, 1973

• Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

• Texas v. Johnson, 1991

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