The Judicial Branch

Fill in the blank:

Article ______of the Constitution outlines the Judicial Branch.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Article 3 of the constitution establishes which Federal Court

• United States Supreme Court

• United States District Court

• United States Appeal Courts.

What Government body set up the US District Court and US Court of Appeals?

The President

Congress

• The President

• Congress

• Supreme Court

How long do Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges serve?

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 25 years

• For life, or while in good behavior

Why are Federal Judges appointed for life?

So they are not influenced by worrying about being reelected

So they can break the law

• So they are not inflluences by worrying about being relected

• So they can break the law

• So the government can cut down on expenses and hold fewer elections

TRUE OR FALSE

Congress has the power to increase the size of the Supreme Court .

• TRUE

• False

This is the jurisdiction a court has when it hears a case directly. This is when the case goes straight to the Supreme Court

Or

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appelate Jursidiction

Type of Jurisdiction where the Supreme Court hears appealed cases

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

The Court case where the Supreme Court gave themselves the power of Judicial Review is?

Marbury vs Madison

McCulloch vs Maryland

• McCullouch v. Maryland

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

The idea of Judicial Review is not in the Constitution. Instead, it was developed as the nation began operating under the Constitution in our early years. What is Judicial Review?

• Congress and the President meet at the House chambers to determine if the Supreme Court has abused its powers; if they decide that the Supreme Court has abused its powers, all Supreme Court Justices are dismissed from the bench

• The Supreme Court has the power to hear cases brought before it and determine if the actions/laws are unconstitutional