
Judiciary Quiz #2
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
All of the following serve as checks on the power of the federal courts EXCEPT:
Presidents, governors, and local executives can refrain from enforcing court rulings.
Federal judges can be impeached.
The voters can oust federal judges in national elections.
Congress and the state legislatures can amend the Constitution.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The power of a court to hear a case in question is a court's
stare decisis.
appellate jurisdiction.
early jurisdiction.
jurisdiction.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Before any state or federal court can hear a case, it must have ________, which is the authority to hear a case.
the approval of the state or U.S. attorney
legitimacy
a hypothetical controversy
jurisdiction
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The power of a particular court to serve as the place where a given case is initially argued and decided is
original jurisdiction.
appellate jurisdiction.
stare decisis.
jurisdiction.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Requests that a higher court review cases decided at a lower level are
amicus curiae.
appeals.
indictment.
briefs.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A particular court's power to review a decision or action of a lower court is called
original jurisdiction.
stare decisis.
appellate jurisdiction.
jurisdiction.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Since federal circuit courts are appellate courts, they
do not consider records of the trial courts.
do not hold trials or accept new evidence.
do not consider oral or written arguments submitted by attorneys.
have to wait for the Supreme Court to refer cases to them.
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