Judicial Branch

The Marbury v. Madison court case is known as “the birth of judicial review”

• Yes

• No

Brown v. Board of Education dealt with what constitutional issue?

• The decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson was constitutional and schools would remain segregated

• Separate but equal violated citizens 7th amendment and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

• The decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional and schools and schools required desegregation

• The principle of separate but equal violated citizens 4th amendment

What is the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland?

• The state of Maryland cannot have a national bank

• State law must yield to federal law

• McCulloch was not a good employee

• National bank are unconstitutional

Judicial review is used to check the constitutionality of laws and the Legislative branch

• Yes

• No

What did Plessy v. Ferguson establish?

• Railroad travel was the most convenient mode of transportation

• Ferguson didn't win his case and Plessy was allowed to ride in the railway car permitted for Caucasian travelers

• Plessy moved to a different state to pursue equality

• Separate but equal mentality

A court's authority to hear or decide upon a case

• circuit

• opinion

• predendent

• jurisdiction

The authority to hear cases for the first time

• Exclusive jurisdiction

• Concurrent jurisdiction

• Original jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction

The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases "let the decision stand"

• stare decisis

• state decides

• brief

• opinion

A written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a case

• docket

• brief

• opinion

• precedent

A statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her opinion

• majority opinion

• opinion

• dissenting opinion

• concurring opinion