JUDICIAL BRANCH QUICK QUIZ

How many District courts are in the U.S. Federal Court System?

• 94
• 12
• 50
• 435

Authority of both federal and state courts to hear and decide on cases.

• jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• majority opinion

• stare decisis

Courts that can to review and change outcomes and decisions of lower courts

• jurisidiction

• district courts

• remand

• appellate courts

Federal Courts where trials are held and lawsuits begin.

• Supreme Court

• Circuit Court

• District Court

• The People's Court

Power of the Supreme Court to say whether any state, federal or local law is unconstitutional.

• Judicial Review

• Remand

• Precedent

• Stare Decisis

Practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases.

• magistrate

• precedent

• remand

• marshall

This landmark ruling held that basis for the exercise of judicial review of Federal statutes by the United States Supreme Court under Article Three of the United States Constitution is legal.

• McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819

• Marbury v. Madison, 1803

• Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

• New Jersey v. TLO, 1985

What kind of jurisdiction do District Courts have?

• Appellate
• Original
• Appellate and Original
• No jurisdiction

When a disagreement is settled between 2 people, what type of law is this?

• Criminal
• Civil
• Constitutional
• Judy Law

The Supreme Court is an appellate court.  An appellate court ____________ cases. 

• makes the first decision
• reviews the decision made by a  lower court