Judicial Branch Quiz Fall 2025

The highest court in the United States-

• Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court
• District Court
• High Court

The President appoints Supreme Court Justices to serve for how long?

• 1 year
• 5 years
• Life
• 10 years

Currently, there are ___________ justices on the U.S. Supreme Court

• 9
• 5
• 12
• 15

The head of the Supreme Court is known as the _________________

• Superior Judge
• Judge Judy
• Chief Justice
• Speaker of the Court

The case that established the power of Judicial Review is

• Road Runner v. Coyote
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Marbury v. Madison

Who decides which cases are heard by the Supreme Court?

• The Supreme Court itself decides
• The President
• Congress
• They have to hear every case-they do not have a choice

What is Judicial Review?

• Addressing social and political issues of the day
• making sure that no state deprives a person of life, liberty or property
• Instant Replay
• Decide and declare laws to be constitutional or unconstitutional

A ______________ is in regard to a noncriminal matter such as a contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement

• criminal case
• certificate
• civil case
• tribunal

In a court case, who is always listed first?

• Plantiff
• Defendant
• the person's sister's cousin's wife
• The Judge

"Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders or Territory within which a court or government agency may properly exercise its power" is a simple definition for what legal term?

• Respondent
• Bail
• Jurisdiction
• Appellate