U.S. Government Judiciary Branch Quiz

What is the highest court in the judicial branch of the U.S. government?

• Appellate Court

• Federal Courts

• Supreme Court

• State Courts

Who is in charge of court administration and proceedings in the Supreme Court?

• Associate Justices

• Chief Justice

• Judicial Review

• Majority Opinion

What is the power of the Supreme Court to decide what the Constitution really says called?

• Judicial Activism

• Judicial Review

• Interpretation

• Stare Decisis

What term describes judicial rulings suspected of being based on personal or political considerations instead of existing law?

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Activism

• Interpretation

• Precedent

What is the process of deciding the meaning of law called?

• Interpretation

• Judicial Review

• Stare Decisis

• Precedent

What is an opinion in a case written by a justice in which a majority of the justices on the court agree called?

• Dissenting Opinion

• Majority Opinion

• Unconstitutional

• Landmark Case

What is an opinion in a case written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion called?

• Majority Opinion

• Dissenting Opinion

• Precedent

• Stare Decisis

What term means "not permitted by the Constitution"?

• Precedent

• Unconstitutional

• Judicial Activism

• Affirm

What is a judicial decision that may be used as a standard in subsequent similar cases called?

• Precedent

• Stare Decisis

• Landmark Case

• Verdict

What is the policy of the courts to follow precedent, meaning "let the decision stand"?

• Precedent

• Stare Decisis

• Judicial Review

• Interpretation