Civics Judicial Branch

A situation in which both federal and state courts have authority to hear a case is known as 

• appellate jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• exclusive jurisdiction

A past decision on which judges base their decisions in similar cases is a(n) .

• circuit

• docket

• precedent

• opinion

In which federal courts do juries try cases?

• district courts

• appellate courts

• the Supreme Court

• all levels of federal courts

According to the Constitution, what does every accused person have a right to?

• a lawyer

• a civil trial

• the best legal help

• a Supreme Court hearing

How many courts of appeals are in the United States?

The supreme court is made up of _ how many associate judges led by a chief justice?

• 4

• 96

• 8

• 12

Judicial review means what?

• Review the judicial branch

• The process of appointing federal judge

• Remand any judge

• The court can review any federal, state or local law and its fairness to the consitution

The 1890s the supreme court ruled that segregation in America was

• unconstitutional

• needed to be reviewed because it was racist

• legal

• illegal

"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."

Article III of the Constitution gives federal courts?

• Circuits

• Jurisdiction

• Precedent

• conflict

The United States Supreme Court is at the top of the federal court system.

• True

• False

• Neither