Judicial Branch Concepts and Principles

Which option completes this process?

• Cross-Examine

• Witness Testimony

• Investigation

• Verdict

Which statement completes this diagram?

• The jury pool listens to arguments and delivers a verdict.

• Attorneys narrow the jury pool through the voir dire process.

• Attorneys identify a foreperson to speak on behalf of the jury pool.

• The jury pool meets with court clerks to determine any biases that would affect the trial.

Which option best completes the diagram?

• 1. Edits laws

• Writes laws

• Approves laws

• Interprets laws

These boxes describe two events relating to the U.S. government.

• Example A: separation of powers; Example B: individual rights

• Example A: checks and balances; Example B: judicial review

• Example A: separation of powers; Example B: checks and balances

• Example A: checks and balances; Example B: separation of powers

Which option below best describes the power of judicial review?

• The power of the legislative branch to interpret a law

• The power of the lower courts to interpret the constitution

• The power of the president to decide if a law is unconstitutional

• The power of the supreme court to decide if a law is unconstitutional

Which Article of the U.S. Constitution outlines the purposes and functions of the Judicial Branch of government?

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

Which principle does the US Supreme Court apply when it declares an act of Congress unconstitutional?

• Separation of powers

• Checks and balances

• Advice and consent

• Executive privilege

What is the proper court based
on the sequence?

• Bankruptcy Court

• Circuit Court

• Municipal Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

Sam Morgan is convicted of committing mail fraud by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Sam believes the judge was unfairly biased against him. To which court should he send his appeal?

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Florida Circuit Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals

• Florida Supreme Court

If a case went from the US District Court to the US Circuit Court of Appeals, what would the next stop be?

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Florida Supreme Court

• County Court

• Trial Court