The Federal Courts Test

Authority to hear and decide cases.

• Jurisdiction
• Rule of Law
• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Activism

No person is above the law; all are entitled to equal justice.

• Jurisdiction
• Rule of Law
• Restraint of Justice
• Law of Activism

Only one court has the authority to hear a case.

• Exclusive Jurisdiction
• Original Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction

Multiple courts can hear the same case.

• Exclusive Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Concurrent Jurisdiction

The power to hear a case for the first time.

• Exclusive Jurisdiction
• Original Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction

Authority to review decisions made by lower courts.

• Original Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Concurrent Jurisdiction

Which courts serve as the trial courts of the federal system?

• District Courts
• Circuit Courts
• Supreme Court

What is the only court specifically established in the Constitution?

• District Courts
• Circuit Courts
• Supreme Court

Appellate courts that hear appeals from district courts; originally had no fixed location and original jurisdiction over some cases.

• District Courts
• Circuit Courts
• Supreme Court

The Judiciary Act of 1891 transformed the circuit courts into what?

• Strictly Appellate Courts
• Strictly Original Jurisdiction over criminal cases
• Strictly Original Jurisdiction over civil cases
• Strictly a Trial Court