Unit 6 Judicial Review Quiz

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How are federal judges selected?

The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

The person is named to the bench by the President and does not need to be confirmed.

The person is publicly elected to the bench and confirmed by the Senate.

The person is nominated by the Senate and chosen by the President.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the court can do which of the following?

Declares the law involved in the case to be unconstitutional.

Sends the case to Congress to decide on the legality of the law involved.

Sends the case back to the lower court for reconsideration.

Passes the case on to a higher court.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This type of jurisdiction is shared by both Federal and State judiciary.

Appellate

Concurrent

Exclusive

Original

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the federal system, a district court has the power to

retry a case that was first decided by a State court.

exercise original jurisdiction over a federal case.

apply appellate jurisdiction to a federal case.

determine if a lower court made an unconstitutional ruling on a case.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a Supreme Court justice agrees with the decision reached by the Court in a case, but not with the reasons why the Court made that decision, he or she may choose to write a

concurring opinion.

dissenting opinion.

majority opinion.

unanimous opinion.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a possible avenue through which some cases have reached the Supreme Court?

Congress asks the Court to review a proposed or recently passed law to see if it is constitutional.

A State holds a convention in which the public votes to have a case sent to the Court for review.

The Court decides to review one of its own earlier cases in order to change or modify its ruling.

The Court issues a writ of certiorari instructing a lower court to send it a case to review.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the federal court system, the cases tried by the district courts

are usually appealed to a higher court by the losing side.

make up the majority of federal cases brought to trial.

deal only with federal crimes as defined by Congress.

always involve the United States as a plaintiff.

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Unit 6 Judicial Review

How are federal judges selected?

When a case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the court can do which of the following?

This type of jurisdiction is shared by both Federal and State judiciary.

In the federal system, a district court has the power to

When a Supreme Court justice agrees with the decision reached by the Court in a case, but not with the reasons why the Court made that decision, he or she may choose to write a

What is a possible avenue through which some cases have reached the Supreme Court?

In the federal court system, the cases tried by the district courts

What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch?

What is the job of an appellate court?

Which description best fits a jury?

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