Quizizz for Judicial Review: Crash Course Government and Politic

The Supreme Court has the power to _______

• create laws

• enforce laws

• impeach presidents

• declare laws unconstitutional

What is the check that the Supreme Court has on both the legislative and executive branches?

• impeachment

• judicial review

• veto power

• committee power

The Supreme Court has all of the following powers, EXCEPT?

• The power to review Congressional laws

• The power to overturn state actions and state laws

• the power to review the actions of federal bureaucratic agencies

• The power to remove presidents from office

• The power to review presidential action

True or False: The Supreme Court is supposed to be impartial and above politics

• True

• False

Where does the Supreme Court's power to overturn state law come from?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The executive branch

• the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution

• the Commerce Clause in the Constitution

Which Supreme Court civil rights case was mentioned as a good example of when the Supreme Court struck down state action and went against legal precedents?

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Spy vs. Spy

True or False: The U.S. Constitution mentions that the Supreme Court has the power to review whether laws are Constitutional (aka judicial review)

• True

• False

What is one argument the video provides AGAINST the Supreme Court's power of judicial review

• it is a safeguard against the tyranny of the majority

• it’s needed to enforce the limits of the Constitution

• that judges should not be able to make laws because it is a violation of the separation of powers

• it ensures that our Constitution protects liberty as well as democracy

True or False: Supreme Court rulings are binding [apply] in lower courts and future Supreme Courts

• True

• False

True or False: Supreme Court's can never overturn the decisions of prior Supreme Courts

• True

• False