What is described in Article III of the Constitution?

• The role and format of the Supreme Court

• The role of the President

• The role and format of Congress

• The rights of citizens, also known as the Bill of Rights

What is judicial review?

• The law that created the federal court system

• The belief that judges should limit their power over legislation

• The authority to hear a case before any other court

• The power of the Supreme Court to decide if a law is constitutional or not

What is jurisdiction?

• The official power to make legal deicisons

• The belief that judges should limit their power over legislation

• The law that created the federal court system

• Willingness of a judge to overturn laws and precedence

What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 do?

• Gave people in police custody the right to remain silent

• Gave the Supreme Court the power to decide if a law is constitutional

• Created the federal court system

• Decided that Marbury was right and Madison should have the letters sent

The power to declare laws unconstitutional is called

• Supreme court review

• Executive privilege

• Judicial Review

• Grand Jury Investigation

Answer explanation

The authority of a court to hear a case from a lower court

• jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• appeal

• appellate jurisdiction

Court that decides whether the original trial was fair

• trial court

• appellate court

• jurisdiction

• judicial review

The authority of a court to hear cases for the first time

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• judicial review

• trial court

What are the TWO types of court systems in the U.S.? (Select TWO answers)

• Federal

• Universal

• State

• International

What are the TWO reasons it's difficult to get a case all the way to the Supreme Court?

• has to go through the appeals process first

• has to affect at least 5 different states

• has to wait for a period of 5 years while the Justices review the case

• the Supreme Court gets to choose their cases