AP Gov Unit 2 Test 2 Review

Which of the following is Hamilton advocating for in the excerpt?

• Senate confirmation

• judicial review

• life tenure

• stare decisis

Which of the following statements best summarizes Hamilton’s argument?

• The judicial branch needs to be held accountable for its decisions and have term limits to protect individual rights

• The judicial branch should not have the power to overrule acts of Congress and the president because it does not have the power to enforce laws

• The judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the Constitution and judging whether the laws passed by Congress are constitutional

• The judicial branch should defer all rulings on legislative issues to Congress because members of Congress are elected, but judges are not

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?

• Comparison A

• Comparison B

• Comparison C

• Comparison D

Which of the following statements is most consistent with Marshall’s argument in this passage?

• The legislature should be able to alter the Constitution by an ordinary act

• There is no meaningful distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers

• The Constitution is above ordinary laws

• The Constitution should not be altered under any circumstances

Which of the following comparisons of judicial powers and legislative powers is accurate?

• Comparison A

• Comparison B

• Comparison C

• Comparison D

Which of the following government policies would the author most likely support?

• • Regular democratic elections of Supreme Court justices

• • Congressional oversight of the judicial branch

• • A ban on presidential appointments of Supreme Court justices

• • Life terms, pending good behavior, for Supreme Court justices

Which of the following describes a difficulty the judicial branch faces in the policy implementation process?

• Supreme Court justices rarely have the opportunity to rule on cases of national importance

• The ideological composition of the Supreme Court frequently shifts when presidents nominate new justices

• The Supreme Court must rely on the other branches of government to enforce its rulings

• The legislative branch frequently ignores the rulings of the Supreme Court

Which of the following statements best explains how stare decisis influences Supreme Court justices?

• It makes justices more likely to send cases back down to lower courts to be decided

• • It makes justices more likely to strike down laws and policies as unconstitutional

• • It makes justices more likely to rule based on current societal norms

• • It makes justices more likely to defer to previous Supreme Court decisions

Based on the infographic and your knowledge of the Supreme Court, which of the following statements could be considered an accurate conclusion?

• Ideological changes in the Supreme Court can lead to the Court rejecting existing precedents

• The Supreme Court rarely overturns existing precedents for fear of undermining the legitimacy of the Court

• Presidents often seek to maintain ideological balance on the Supreme Court when appointing new justices

• Presidents nominate Supreme Court justices with the hope that those justices will strike down existing precedents

Which of the following statements best describes judicial restraint?

• • Judges should rule based on their own ideological beliefs

• Judges ought to freely strike down laws that are inconsistent with their understanding of the Constitution

• • Judges should limit the exercise of their own power to interpreting the Constitution according to its original intent

• • Judges have the power to interpret the Constitution and declare a law unconstitutional