Judicial and Media Test Review Game

The power of judicial review serves to

• hold judges accountable to citizens.

• check the executive and legislative branches.

• decide questions of criminal law at all levels of government

• enforce laws passed by Congress.

Criminal courts resolve cases between

• plaintiffs and defendants.

• judges and defendants.

• juries and defendants.

• state prosecutors and defendants.

Justices on an appeals court, including the U.S. Supreme Court, who disagree with the majority ruling can

• call for a new trial.

• write a dissenting opinion.

• initiate another appeal.

• veto the decision.

Jurisdiction is determined by

• geography, parties, and type of laws involved.

• geography and parties

• geography and type of laws involved

• parties and type of laws involved.

Many people accused of crimes settle criminal cases through plea bargains to

• deal directly with the judge.

• be sentenced for a lesser crime

• benefit from a jury trial.

• prolong the court case.

Juries are important in part because they enable citizens to

• settle cases out of court.

• restrict media access to court decisions.

• participate in the court process

• appoint judges.

Family law, juvenile law, probate law, and traffic law all fall under the jurisdiction of

• state courts.

• municipal courts.

• local courts.

• federal courts.

A major criterion the Supreme Court uses when determining whether to hear a case is if

• lower courts have interpreted federal law in several different ways.

• the case does not involve changing societal values

• the case involves the impeachment of a government official.

• the topic has received extensive media coverage

When the Supreme Court hears a case

• each side can present evidence.

• interest groups can testify

• oral arguments last a total of one hour

• the justices can question any witnesses.

Congress’s ability to impeach justices is an example of

• how the legislative branch can check the power of the judicial branch.

• how the judicial branch can check the power of the legislative branch.

• the federal government’s authority over the state governments.

• the state governments’ authority over the federal government