US Supreme Court Quiz

Our system of national and state courts

• dual-court system

• bicameral legislature

• executive departments

What are the 3 possible outcomes of an appeal?

• affirm decision of trial court

• remand (send back) to trial court

• reverse decision of trial court

• affix sentence to trial court verdict

Jurisdiction:

• power to hear a court case

• power to hear a court case first

• power to declare laws unconstitutional

• power to appoint judges

Type of court case that deals with the breaking of a law.

• Appeal

• Criminal

• Judicial Review

• Plaintiff

Power to declare laws unconstitutional

• Trial Court

• Appeal

• Civil Law

• Judicial Review

This Article defines the Judicial Branch and establishes the Supreme Court as the highest court in the U.S.

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Articles of Confederation

Type of court case that deals with money or a wrong-doing (usually between 2 individuals or groups).

• Civil Law

• Jury

• Constitutional Law

• Defendant

Highest Court in the United States.

• Appeal

• Chief Justice

• US Supreme Court

• Judicial Review

A group of citizens who hears and decides the outcome of a court case.

• Judicial Review

• Jury

• Criminal Law

• Verdict

What does the Judicial Branch do?

• Interprets the laws

• Makes the laws

• Carries out the laws

• Creates the laws