Unit 7 Review

What is the main function of the judicial branch?

• make laws
• interpret laws
• make legislation
• enforce the law

What is the "top court" in most states?

• District

• Supreme

• Special Appeals

• Appeals

What is jurisdiction?

• authority to hear a case
• making a law
• impeaching a judge
• enforcing a law

How many judges currently serve on the Supreme Court?

• 5
• 7
• 2
• 9

Who APPOINTS judges to the Supreme Court?

• the President
• the Attorney General
• the House 
• the Secretary of State

Which of these is a responsibility of the judicial branch?

• veto bills

• impeach officers

• interpret laws

• create new laws

What is a writ of certiorari?

• that the US Supreme Court honor the decision made in the lower court

• that the US Supreme Court reverse the decision made in the lower court

• an order for the lower court to send the case to the US Supreme Court so that it can review the case

• an order for a Supreme Court Justice to be removed from the panel that reviews the case

How does the executive branch check the judicial branch?

• the president can impeach federal judges

• the president can appoint federal judges

• the president can tell them what to do

• the president can make them refuse certain cases

Who approves a Supreme Court judge?

• President

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House

What "check" does the Judicial Branch have over the other branches?

• Declare laws or acts unconstitutional

• Veto laws

• Appoint cabinet members

• Create a national budget