Judicial Branch

What is the purpose of the judicial branch?

• Create laws

• Enforce laws

• Interpret laws

• Edit laws

The federal judiciary is created by Article ​ (a)   , Section 1 of the Constitution.

• III
• I
• II
• IV
• V

Order the following from least powerful to most powerful.

• Appellate Courts

• Supreme Court

• District Courts

​ ​ Nearly all federal cases begin at the​ ​ (a)   level.

• district
• appellate
• supreme

The federal judiciary has specific jurisdiction based on the ___________________ or __________________ of a case.

Match the following types of jurisdiction to their definition.

• Can only be tried in federal courts

• Concurrent

• Federal and state courts can hear a case

• Appellate

• Court that hears appeals

• Original

• Court where case was first heard

• Exclusive

​ (a)   ​ states that the federal courts must operate outside of the control of other branches.

​ ​ (b)   gives the federal judiciary the power to examine the constitutionality of national and state government acts

​ (c)   states that the Supreme Court is the final voice on questions of constitutionality

• Judicial independence
• Judicial review
• Judicial supremacy

How many Supreme Court justices must agree to hear a case for it to reach the Supreme Court?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

A ______________________ is an order that requests a case record from a lower court.

The official Supreme Court term runs from ​ (a)   to ​ (b)  

• October
• June
• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• July
• August
• September