AP GOV 2.8 & 2.9 Review

What is the significance of the Marbury v. Madison case?

• It established the power of judicial review

• It established the Supreme Court as the highest court in the United States

• It granted judges their jobs for life

• It established the framework for the judiciary

What is the main power granted to the Supreme Court through judicial review?

• The power to rule on the constitutionality of federal laws

• The power to establish lower courts

• The power to hear appeals from district courts

• The power to select its caseload

What is the main idea behind Hamilton's argument for an independent judiciary?

• To exercise the power of judicial review

• To defend the limited government set up by the Constitution

• To grant judges their jobs for life

• To establish the Supreme Court

What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?

• Original jurisdiction is the power to hear appeals, while appellate jurisdiction is the power to rule on the merits of a case

• Original jurisdiction is the power to establish lower courts, while appellate jurisdiction is the power to hear appeals

• Original jurisdiction is the power to hear a case for the first time, while appellate jurisdiction is the power to hear an appeal

• Original jurisdiction is the power to decide who is right or wrong, while appellate jurisdiction is the power to decide on the legal issues surrounding a case

What is the informal rule of four followed by the Supreme Court?

• If any four Justices vote to hear a case, the Court will do so

• If any four Justices vote to strike down a law, the Court will do so

• If any four Justices vote to establish a lower court, the Court will do so

• If any four Justices vote to grant a writ of certiorari, the Court will do so

argument by Alexander Hamilton that the federal judiciary would be unlikely to infringe upon rights and liberties but would serve as a check on the other two branches.

• Federalist No. 78

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• judicial review

• criminal law

a Supreme Court decision that established judicial review over federal laws.

• Federalist No. 78

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• judicial review

• criminal law

a judicial decision that guides future courts in handling similar cases.

• civil law

• federal district courts

• federal courts of appeals

• precedent

the practice of letting a previous legal decision stand

• stare decisis

• majority opinion

• concurring opinion

• dissenting opinion

a philosophy of constitutional interpretation that justices should wield the power of judicial review, sometimes creating bold new policies.

• stare decisis

• judicial restraint

• judicial activism

• dissenting opinion