18 quiz

What is the primary purpose of the United States Constitution as mentioned in the text?

• To create the federal court system

• To define the rights of citizens

• To establish Congress

• To outline the two court systems

According to the text, state court systems mostly deal with disputes about:

• Federal laws

• The U.S. Constitution

• State laws

• International laws

What is the difference between civil cases and criminal cases as described in the text?

• Civil cases involve disagreements that do not necessarily involve a crime, while criminal cases do.

• Civil cases are heard only in federal courts, while criminal cases are heard in state courts.

• Criminal cases involve the rights of citizens, while civil cases relate to crime.

• Civil cases are decided by a jury, while criminal cases are decided by a judge.

In a bench trial, who decides the verdict?

• The jury

• The Congress

• The judge

• The lawyers

What is the role of evidence in a trial court?

• To prove that the court system is fair

• To show how courts were created

• To prove that the defendant's story is what really happened

• To decide which side's version of the story is correct

If the losing side of a case things there has been an error, what is their option to have their case reviewed?

• Ask the judge to redo their case all over again.

• Appeal to higher court such as an appellate court to reverse a decision.

• Appeal to the Supreme Court

• Ask a panel to review their case

If an Appellate court decides to change a previous court's decision, it is called _______ the decision.

• Reversing

• Affirming

• Remanding

• Changing

If an Appellate court decides the the previous trial court's decision is correct and states that it stands, it is called ______ the decision.

• Affirming

• Remanding

• Reversing

• Changing

Laws passed by the Constitution are supreme to state laws.

• Gibbons

• Ogden

Commerce is only buying and selling things. It doesn’t include navigation of boats.

• Gibbons

• Ogden