Exam Review: Judicial Branch and Civil Liberties

What does the judicial branch do?

• Write laws

• Enforce laws

• Interpret laws

• Propose laws

Describe how it is decided who is on the Supreme Court

• The current justices vote on new members

• The President nominates someone and the Senate must approve them

• They are elected by the people

• A group of lawyers chooses them based on their legal qualifications

Justice Tarance Clomas is accused of accepting free houses from his billionaire friend. How can he be removed from the Supreme Court?

• only by the President

• by a joint resolution of Congress

• only through the impeachment process

• only by order of the Chief Justice

What is the current number of Supreme Court justices?

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 15

A writ of habeas corpus is intended to prevent...

• a prisoner from being held without cause

• a person being tried twice for the same crime

• the use of harsh interrogation by the police

• convictions by a secret trial

This is the first case in which the Supreme Court used their power of judicial review

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Marbury v Madison

• Terry v Ohio

• Miranda v Arizona

A _________ is when the Supreme Court orders a lower court to send their case to the Supreme Court

• Writ of certiorari

• Writ of dissent

• Writ of mandamus

• Writ of habeas corpus

Which of these involves a federal crime?

• A German citizen kills 5 people in a restaurant in North Dakota

• Jane Doe steals $4400 worth of stamps from a US Post Office

• A Missouri doctor is sued for malpractice by a patient

• Two US citizens rob a grocery store in New Mexico

New York sues Texas over their practice of bussing migrants to NYC. This case will be heard by...

• the federal district court

• the New York Supreme Court

• The Texas Supreme Court

• The US Supreme Court

Which federal court has both appellate and original jurisdiction?

• Circuit Courts

• Courts of Appeal

• District Courts

• Supreme Court