AP Government Judicial Branch and Selected Supreme Court Cases

While the President has the power to appoint federal judges, who must approve them?

This case was based on the Free Exercise Clause

• McDonald v. Chicago

• Engel v. Vitale

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

Supreme Court decisions set a ________________________________________________________, a judicial decision that acts as a basis for deciding similar cases in the future.

The Pendleton Civil Service Act is significant because

• it reduced the number of federal civil servants working outside of Washington, D.C.

• it gave the president more control over federal agencies.

• it created the federal civil service and prescribed that the hiring of civil servants be based on merit.

• it established clear boundaries between state and federal bureaucracies.

The Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review. What is Judicial Review?

• when the Supreme Court enforces the laws of the Legislative Branch

• when the Supreme Court decides if a law or executive action is constitutional or not

• when the Supreme Court vetoes a Bill from Congress

• when the Supreme Court creates a new law

Justices who believe that the court should act as an instrument of public policy are said to have which judicial philosophy?

• Judicial Activism

• Judicial Restraint

• Conservative

• Liberal

Which amendment protects you from being searched without a warrant? 

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Fourth Amendment

"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each."

-Chief Justice John Marshall

Which of the following principles is most accurately reflected in the quote from John Marshall?

• Republicanism

• Judicial Review

• Constitutionalism

• Checks and Balances

What is the opinion of the Supreme Court justices who make up the minority?

• Dissenting Opinion

• Majority Opinion

• Concurring Opinion

• Plurality Opinion

Supreme Court nominees are confirmed by...

• House of Representatives

• President

• Senate

• Chief Justice