Judicial Branch and Checks and Balances Quiz

The two court systems in the US are __________ _______ courts.

The only requirement to become a Supreme Court Justice or Federal Court Judge is _________________.

The function of the Judicial Branch is to _______ laws

Match the following

• Congress

• There are ____ Justices on the Supreme Court

• 9

• The ______ decides how many justices are on the Supreme Court

• Lifetime

• A civil case deals with the ___________.

• appeal

• Federal Judges and Justices serve _______ terms

• rights of citizens

• To _____ means to bring to a higher court

Match the following

• 13

• There is ____ Supreme Court

• 9

• Federal judges and justice serve ______ terms, as long as they have good behavior

• lifetime

• There are ____ circuit courts of appeal

• 94

• There are ____ Justices on the Supreme Court

• 1

• There are ____ district courts

The Supreme Court has the power to choose the cases it will hear, as well a deciding what is Constitutional.  This power is called __________

The Supreme Court is typically an _________ court.

 If an FBI agent searches suspect’s home without a warrant, and the court decides it’s unconstitutional, is an example of

• Declaring laws unconstitutional

• remanding a case to the trial court

• Declaring executive actions unconstitutional

• judicial review

 The framers of the Constitution developed a system to make sure that one branch did not get more powerful than another, this is known as _________ __________.

Charging the president with a crime such as bribery or treason, is called ___________