US Judicial System

What term means the authority of a court to be the first to hear a case?

• First jurisdiction

• Original jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction

• Open jurisdiction

What power was given to the Supreme Court in the court case Marbury v. Madison?

• Judicial Review
• Make Laws
• Supremacy Clause
• Execute Laws

What case gave the supreme court judicical review?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

What power does judicial review give the Supreme Court?

• They can declare laws passed by Congress or actions of the president unconstitutional.

• The power to review the Constitution and make laws.

• The power to review the Constitution and veto laws.

• They can impeach a president or member of Congress for doing something unconstitutional.

U.S. District Courts have the right to hear cases involving federal crimes first. What type of jurisdiction do they have?

• original

• appellate

• concurrent

• implied

What type of jurisdiction do appeals court have?

• original

• concurrent

• appellate

• exclusive

Which courts can review and change outcomes and decisions of lower courts?

• jurisidiction

• district courts

• remand

• appellate courts

Which federal Courts do trials and lawsuits usually begin in?

• Supreme Court

• Circuit Court

• District Court

• The People's Court

Federal court with judges, no jury and appellate jurisdiction.

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

• V.A. Court of Appeals

• District Court

Federal court with justices, no jury and appellate jurisdiction and limited original jurisdiction.

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

• VA Supreme Court

• District Court