Judicial Study Guide

How are federal judges selected?

• The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is named to the bench by the President and does not need to be confirmed.
• The person is publicly elected to the bench and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is nominated by the Senate and chosen by the President.

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench
• jury
• judicial review
• justice

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435

What is the name of the head of the Supreme Court?

• Supreme Justice

• Speaker of the Court

• Chief Justice

• President Pro Tempore

What is the Judicial Branch's main role?

• carry out the process of checks and balances

• rewrite and amend laws

• declare laws constitutional or unconstitutional

• to interpret laws and protect people's rights.

Who decides the facts in a case?

• the accused

• the defendant

• the jury

• the lawyers

This is the court of last resort in all questions of federal law

• District court

• Territorial Court

• Supreme Court

• Appellate Court

The Judicial Branch of the federal government is made up of:

• the Supreme Court and the federal courts.

• the U.S. Supreme Court and the state supreme courts

• judges and members of Congress

• the federal and state court systems

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws & actions unconstitutional

• trial court

• due process

• jurisdiction

• judicial review

This type of court has original jurisdiction.

• Court of appeals

• Trial court

• Traffic court

• Preliminary court