Note Set 2 of the Judicial Review

Which of the following sets of courts have appellate jurisdiction?

• Supreme Court, Municipal/Country Courts and Civil Courts

• Federal District Court and the Supreme Court

• Municipal/Country Courts and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

• Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, & State Courts of Appeals

What did the Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison accomplish?

• enabled William Marbury to become a justice of the peace.

• stripped the President of his power to appoint federal judges.

• established checks and balances.

• established the Court's power of judicial review.

True or False: When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.

• True

• False

The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review

• True

• False

When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is

• Criminal

• Appeal

• Civil

• Supreme

What does judicial review mean?

• that the Supreme Court can investigate the president for misconduct

• that the Supreme Court can declare executive orders and legislation unconstitutional

• that the president can review an Supreme Court decisions he deems unfair

• that Congress has the right to ensure the Supreme Court's decisions are impartial

The Supreme Court's power of judicial review came from which court case?

• Gibbons v Odgen

• Marbury v Madison

• Citizens United v U.S.

• Miranda v Arizona

The lowest court in the federal system is:

• Appellate court

• The Supreme Court

• District court

• The state court system

When the Supreme Court makes a decision, all the courts beneath it must:

• Abide by it

• Ignore it

• Come to their own decisions about it

How are cases chosen by the Supreme Court?

• The people vote in an election for cases

• The Supreme Court Justices must be unanimous in agreeing to see a case

• The Supreme Court Justices need a majority opinion to see a case

• The Supreme Court Justices need 4 Justices to agree to see a case