Judicial Branch Unit Final Exam (05/23)

Which part of The U.S. Constitution established (started) the Judicial Branch of government?

• Article I
• Article III
• Article II
• Amendment IV

The role of the Judicial Branch of government

• The Judicial Branch manages the executive branch of government.
• The Judicial Branch enforces laws and regulations.
• The Judicial Branch creates laws and policies.
• The Judicial Branch interprets laws and administers justice.

What is the highest level of North Carolina's Judicial Branch?

• North Carolina Supreme Court
• North Carolina Court of Appeals
• North Carolina District Court
• North Carolina Superior Court

A court's authority to hear a case

• Jurisdiction

• Verdict

• Aquittal

• Trial

What are the three levels of the U.S. Federal Court system?

• (1) U.S. Appellate Court (2) State Supreme Court (3) Trial Court

• (1) Trial Court (2) Appellate Court (3) State Supreme Court

• (1) District Court (2) AppellateAppellate Court (3) U.S. Supreme Court

• (1) Federal District Court (2) State Supreme Court (3) U.S. Supreme Court

What do Federal courts have the power to review?

• Congressional Laws (statutes)

• Federal bureaucratic agencies

• Presidential actions

• All these and even state actions as well

What are the three levels of the State Court system?

• (1) District Court (2) Appellate Court (3) U.S. Supreme Court

• (1) U.S. Appellate Court (2) State Supreme Court (3) Trial Court

• (1) Federal District Court (2) State Supreme Court (3) U.S. Supreme Court

• 1) Trial Court (2) Appellate Court (3) State Supreme Court

jurisdiction

• an opinion that agrees with the majority opinion but does not agree with the rationale behind it.

• an opinion filed by a judge who disagrees with the majority decision of a case

• the official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

• published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

concurrent

jurisdiction

• A court's power to hear and decide a case before any appellate review.

• a person who brings a case against another in a court of law

• a judicial opinion that is joined by more than half the judges deciding a case

• exists where two or more courts from different systems simultaneously have jurisdiction over a specific case.

appellate

jurisdiction

• The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts

• exists where two or more courts from different systems simultaneously have jurisdiction over a specific case.

• the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.