Judicial Branch Review

The two types of courts are ___ and ___.

• domestic and foregin

• tribal and tax

• neutral and biased

• federal and state

The role of the Judicial Branch is to

• enforce the laws

• create the laws

• support treaties and executive agreements

• interpret the laws

What check does the Supreme Court have on Congress?

• may veto a law
• may disapprove treaties or appointments
• may appoint judges
• may declare legislative action unconstitutional

What is highest court in the land?? 

• a.  U.S. Court of Appeals 
• a.  U.S. Supreme Court 
• a.  U.S. District Court 
• a.  U.S. High Court

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435

Unconstitutional means _____________

• to charge a public official with wrong doing
• the Constitution does NOT allow it
• rejecting a law and refusing to sign it
• to determine the meaning of the Constitution

A case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by the law 

• civil case
• certificate 
• criminal case 
• original jurisdiction

What can an accused person do if he or she feels that the trial was not fair?

• tell the police
• make an appeal
• make the district court start over
• pay a fine

To ask a higher court to review a case

• circuit
• procedure
• appeal
• violate

The court that gets to decide what is constitutional

• Supreme Court

• Trial Court