National Judiciary

The Constitution creats the Supreme Court and leaves to Congress the creation of what?

• appeal courts

• lower courts

• inferior courts

Since the Framers of the Contitution thought it was essential that all federal judges have to be seperated from public pressure, they did what?

• stipulated that federal judges must be appointed rather than elected

• stipulated that federal judges have to be elected rather than appointed

• stipulated that federal judges must sign up for the job

What did the Framers also do?

• make all federal judges serve for life

• make all federal judges serve for a certain amount of years

• make all federal judges serve for 4 years and will hold an election to determine their place

What is a plaintiff?

• the party who beings a suit or some other legal action against the defendant in court

• the defendant that brings enough evidence to prove to person they are against is guilty

• the authority of a judge to take control of a case and to determine the outcome of it

What is a defendant?

• the person on jury duty that sides with the accused

• the person that brings legal action against another

• the person that is being charged with a crime

________ nominates federal judges, and the Senate then confirms them.

• The Supreme Court

• The Vice President

• The President

How long do judges of the Supreme Court and constitutional courts serve for?

• 4 years

• 20 years

• life

What is a precedent?

• a decision made by the president to determines whether a person is innoncent or guilty

• a judicial decision that serves as a guide for settling later cases

• a constitutional decision that overules a court case

The Supreme Court is made up of the Chief Justice and how many associate justices?

• eight

• nine

• four

When was the first Supreme Court case?

• 1839

• 1912

• 1803