The Judicial Branch

What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 NOT do?

• Create the Supreme Court.

• Create the inferior court system.

• Create the position of Attorney General
• Create judicial districts

Which court case established judicial review?

• McCulloch vs. Maryland

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Marcus vs. Mukasey

• Monroe vs. Millerton

Who decides how many members are on the Supreme Court?

• Congress

• Constitution

• The Court

• The Cabinet

Which Supreme Court decision determined that "separate but equal" laws were unconstitutional?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Dred Scot vs. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda vs. Arizona

What was the constitutional rationale for Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion in 1973?

• The right to privacy

• The right to equal access

• The right to free speech

• The right to healthcare

What was the outcome of Dobbs vs. Jackson that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022?

• The President sets abortion policy.

• Abortion is banned

• Each state decides abortion policies.

• Congress sets abortion policy.

Judicial approach to the Constitution that is described as "legislating from the bench":

• Judicial Recovery

• Judicial Activism

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Autonomy

Judicial approach to the Constitution that is described as "strict Constitutionalist" who is hesitant to go against precedent:

• Judicial Apathy

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Activism

Which is NOT a role the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court fulfills?

• Presides over impeachment trial in US Senate

• Oversees the entire Federal judicial branch

• In line of succession for the Presidency

• Swears in the incoming President.

When does the U.S. Supreme Court hear a case?

• When the lower courts request a review.

• When the Supreme Court votes to hear it.

• When the Senate Judiciary Committee orders it.

• When the President orders it.