The Judicial Branch

The power of a court to review a law or an official act for constitutionality is known as ________.

• Judicial Review

• Jurisdiction

• Precedent

• Stare Decisis

The Court Case that established the principal of Judicial Review was:

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Tinker vs. Des Moines

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. the Board of Education

The judicial philosophy of upholding all previously established laws unless there is a clear violation of the U.S. constitution is known as ___________.

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Activism

• Stare Decisis

The judicial philosophy of using the interpretive power of the courts to correct legal injustices is known as ___________.

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Activism

• Stare Decisis

A formal request to have a case heard or reviewed by an appellate court is known as _________.  This is the way most cases get to the Supreme Court.

• A Writ of Certiorari

• Stare Decisis

• A Tort

• A Bull

The authority of a court to hear a case for the first time is known as __________.

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• A Writ of Certiorari

• A Tort

The authority of a court to review or hear a case after it has been decided at a lower court level is known as __________.

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• A Writ of Certiorari

• A Tort

An opinion by justices that disagree with the outcome of the case is known as a _______.

• Dissenting Opinion

• Concurring Opinion

• Contrarian Opinion

• Overton Opinion

An opinion written by justices that while they agree with the outcome of the case, they do not agree with the reasoning behind the final outcome is known as a _______.

• Dissenting Opinion

• Concurring Opinion

• Contrarian Opinion

• Overton Opinion