The Courts Federal and States

The courts are part of the ____ branch of government.

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Federal

Courts have two main jobs or responsibilities towards the people. One is to ensure that the laws are fairly enforced; the other is to ________.

• To carry out the laws

• To interpret the laws

• To make the laws

• To add amendments

What article of the Constitution deals with the Judicial Branch?

• Article I
• Article II
• Article III
• Article IV

The Constitution will establish a Supreme Court, but who would have the power to set up lower courts as needed?

• President

• The Supreme Court

• Congress

• The Military

The official power to make legal decisions and judgments; partly determined by geographical location.

• jurisdiction

• appeal

• appellate

• justice

The federal court system is made up of _____ levels.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

The highest court in the federal court system is

• District Court

• Supreme Court

• Court of Appeals

• trial court

Supreme Court judges are called

• justices

• your majesty

• king/queen

• judges

What does it mean when a judge uses precedent to arrive at an opinion?

• The judge arrives at an opinion unlike any in the past.

• The judge asks for the opinions of several other justices.

• The judge does not refer to the U.S. Constitution.

• The judge relies heavily on previous opinions in similar cases.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson reflected Americans’ approval of (a)   .

• integration.

• relocation centers.

• segregation.

• women’s suffrage.