judicial branch

Which part of the US Constitution outlines judicial power?

• Article I

• Bill of Rights

• Article II

• Article III

What did the Supreme Court rule in Marbury v. Madison?

• Marbury could become Justice of the Peace

• An act of Congress was unconstitutional

• Marbury would have to appeal his case

• John Adams was no longer President

What is judicial review?

• The power of the president to veto bills

• The power of the court to overrule previous rulings

• The power to appoint federal judges

• The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and acts unconstitutional

This case said the courts had to provide lawyers for those who can't afford one

• Mapp v. Ohio
• Terry v. Ohio
• Gideon vs. Wainwright
• Miranda v. Arizona

What is the job of an appellate court?

• to automatically overturn the original ruling

• to select cases for the Supreme Court

• to uphold the original ruling no matter what

• to review an original case for a mistake

How many judges does the Supreme Court have?

• 6

• 7

• 10

• 9

How long is the term for a Supreme Court justice?

• 1 year

• 8 years

• 5 years

• For their life or until they retire

“In a republic of such vast extent as the United-States, the legislature cannot attend to the various concerns and wants of its different parts. It cannot be sufficiently numerous to be acquainted with the local condition and wants of the different districts, and if it could, it is impossible it should have sufficient time to attend to and provide for all the variety of cases of this nature, that would be continually arising.”

• Articles of Confederation

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #51

"Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them. "

• Federalist #10

• Federalist #51

• Federalist #70

• Federalist #78

"The two great points of difference between a

democracy and a republic are first, the delegation

of the government, in the latter, to a small number

of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater

number of citizens, and greater sphere of country,

over which the latter may be extended."

• Federalist #10

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #51

• Letter from Birmingham Jail