Unit 2 Exam

Presidents are ____ likely to nominate Supreme Court justices that align with their own political party, viewpoints, and ideology.

Why are Presidential appointments to the Supreme Court controversial?

• House of Reps can override their choice

• Life terms for SC justices mean the president's influence last after they leave office

• President selects based on political view, the Senate focuses on academic life

• Federal judges can legislate from the bench and the Senate is petty and greedy

True or False: Judicial Activists believe that the courts should strictly interpret the Constitution

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of judicial review by the Supreme Court?

• deciding a case of original jurisdiction between Missouri and Illinois over the issue of water rights

• hearing a case of appellate jurisdiction involving different interpretations of federal law by various circuit courts

• overturning the president's executive order about immigration because the order violates the Constitution

• hearing a case of appellate jurisdiction involving contract dispute between a corporation and labor union

Judicial ______________ is the belief that the Constitution is not open for interpretation and should be taken at the Framers intent.

Which of the answers below is the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional?

• Judicial Activism

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Review

Hamilton wrote in which of the following Federalist Paper essays that the Court is the "least dangerous branch" because it controls neither the "purse or the sword"?

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #50

• Federalist #51

• Federalist #78

Which of the cases below established the concept of Judicial Review?

• Marbury v Madison

• McCulloch v Maryland

• Brown v Board of Education

• Korematsu v US

Which of the following methods is the best way to override a Supreme Court decision?

• Getting a President to veto the decision

• Appealing the decision

• Changing up the wording of the legislation that was declared unconstitutional

• Proposing and ratifying a constitutional amendment that goes against their decision

Which of the following is defined as "friend of the court"?

• Writ of habeas corpus

• Stare decisis

• Amicus curiae

• Writ of mandamus