Judicial Branch

What is the correct description of the creation of the federal court system?

• The President established the Supreme Court and Congress established the lower courts.

• Congress created both the Supreme Court and the lower courts.

• Both the Supreme Courts and the lower courts were established by the Constitution.

• The Constitution created the Supreme Court and Congress established the lower courts.

Which of the following best explains the executive branch’s influence on the U.S. Judiciary?

• Federal judges are impeached by the House of Representatives.

• The President appoints federal judges to be confirmed by the Senate.

• A federal judge is appointed by a joint resolution of Congress.

• The Department of Justice selects federal judges.

Which of the following sets of courts have appellate jurisdiction?

• Supreme Court, Municipal/Country Courts and Civil Courts

• Federal District Court and the Supreme Court

• Municipal/Country Courts and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

• Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, & State Courts of Appeals

*Two high courts

*Varied terms of office

*Judges are elected instead of appointed

What is the best title for this list?

• House of Representatives

• Texas State Judiciary

• Supreme Court

• Federal Judiciary

How long may Supreme Court Justices serve?

• for terms varying from four to eight years.

• for 15-year terms.

• for 12-year terms.

• for life unless impeached, retire or die.

What did the Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison accomplish?

• enabled William Marbury to become a justice of the peace.

• stripped the President of his power to appoint federal judges.

• established checks and balances.

• established the Court's power of judicial review.

• Exercises both original & appellate

jurisdiction

• Nine justices serving on the court

• Established by Article III of the

Constitution

What is the best title for the list?

• A Texas Supreme Court

• The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• The U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court

Dissenting Opinions of the Supreme Court…

• accept the opinion of those who appealed the case to the Federal District Court.

• Sometimes written by Justices who do not not agree with the Majority Opinion.

• are when the Justices present oral arguments to give their views on the case.

• stand as a precedent, an example to be followed in similar cases.

The majority of the limited cases that the Supreme Court decides to hear each term…

• are rulings on the legality of Congressional action

• concern foreign governments

• e decisions appealed from lower courts.

• are mediations between States.

Which is true of the Majority Opinion of the Supreme Court?

• It adds or emphasizes a point not made in the other argument.

• It is the court’s opinion that sets the model (precedent) for other courts to follow

• It is the court’s opinion that really has no power.

• It is the losing argument which could be reversed later.