The Judicial Branch Review
Authored by Kayla Shelton
Social Studies
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?
Original jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a federal court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a State court.
Original jurisdiction refers to criminal or civil cases; appellate jurisdiction refers to only to civil cases.
Original jurisdiction refers to a case that could be heard in a federal or a State court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case that must be heard in a federal court.
Original jurisdiction refers to a court where a case is first heard; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard after it was tried in a lower court.
2.
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.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This type of jurisdiction is shared by both Federal and State judiciary.
Appellate
Concurrent
Exclusive
Original
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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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