WorksheetsAP Government Judicial Branch
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Judicial review is _____________________.
the ability of Congress to veto Supreme Court rulings.
the courts ability to determine if laws are constitutional.
established by Article I of the Constitution.
the court's power to tax.
What concept did Marbury v. Madison establish?
Judicial Review
Freedom of Speech
"Miranda" Rights
The right of the people to be secure
Which US Supreme Court case ended the segregation of public schools in the US?
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Bethel School District v. Fraser
Miranda v. Arizona
Which US Supreme Court case dealt with the right to legal counsel when the defendant cannot afford it?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
Gregg v. Georgia
Which US Supreme Court case legalized abortion within the first trimester?
Roe v. Wade
Bethel School District v. Fraser
Citizens United v. FECA
Manuel v. Joliet
Which Supreme Court Case establishes Judicial Review
Plessy v. Fergusson
Texas v. Johnson
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Article _____ of the Constitution concerns the Judicial Branch
1
2
3
4
an earlier case that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent cases.
Precedent
Original Jurisdiction
Writ of Certiorari
This Supreme Court Cases established separate but equal was constitutional.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Fergurson
Brown v. Board of Education
Loving v. Virgina
Tinker v. Des Moines is a famous Supreme Court case because it upheld that students__________
Didn't have to say the pledge
Could wear any types of clothing they wanted
Could express their political beliefs in schools
Did not have to listen to teachers
How are cases chosen by the Supreme Court?
The people vote in an election for cases
The Supreme Court Justices must be unanimous in agreeing to see a case
The Supreme Court Justices need a majority opinion to see a case
The Supreme Court Justices need 4 Justices to agree to see a case
Which of the following may the judicial branch do to limit the power of the president?
Overturn a presidential veto
Begin impeachment proceedings against the president
Declare an executive order unconstitutional
Refuse to ratify a treaty the president negotiated
What did Hamilton mean when he made the following statement?
“Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.” —Alexander Hamilton
For laws to be effective, there must be courts to make them known to citizens consistently.
For laws to be effective, there must be courts to interpret them consistently.
Laws that are not obeyed should be repealed by the courts.
Laws that are not obeyed should be enforced by the courts.
Justices who take into consideration the ongoing changes in conditions and values in American society while interpreting the Constitution and laws are said to have which judicial philosophy?
Restraint
Activism
Sedition
Jurisdiction
Check all statements below that are characteristics of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has 9 justices .
Supreme Court justices serve eight year terms.
Supreme Court justices serve for life or until retirement.
The Supreme Court has 7 justices.
The Supreme Court is the highest ranking court in the nation.
This orders a lower court to deliver its records in a case so that a higher court may review it
brief
precedent
writ of certorari
per curiam
A state may not take a person's life, liberty, or property without
a Supreme Court opinion
appellate jurisdiction
original jurisdiction
due process
Established the Supremacy of the US Constitution and federal laws over state laws
Marbury v. Madison
McCullouch v. Maryland
US v. Lopez
New York Times Co. v. United States
Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime
United States v. Lopez
McDonald v. Chicago
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Compelling Amish students to attend school past the 8th grade violates the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Engel v. Vitale
United States v. Lopez
Baker v. Carr
Public school students have the right to wear black arm bands in school to protest the Vietnam war
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Shaw v. Reno
Tinker v. Des Moines
Brown v. Board of Education
Speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not protected by the 1st Amendment
Schenck v. United States
Roe v. Wade
United States v. Lopez
Engel v. Vitale
Bolstered freedom of the press, establishing a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national security
Schenck v. United States
New York Times Co. v. United States
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent
Schenck v. United States
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Marbury v. Madison
Extended the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortion
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. Connecticut
Wisconsin v. Yoder
McDonald v. Chicago
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self defense is applicable to the states
Gideon v. Wainwright
McDonald v. Chicago
Roe v. Wade
Shaw v. Reno
Race based school segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause
Brown v. Board of Education
Baker v. Carr
Tinker v. Des Moines
McCullouch v. Maryland
Political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the 1st Amendment.
United States v. Lopez
Marbury v. Madison
Buckley v. Valeo
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the "one person, one vote" doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise "political questions" that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges
Baker v. Carr
Shaw v. Reno
Gideon v. Wainwright
Marbury v. Madison
Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but race may not be the sole rationale behind redistricting decisions
Baker v. Carr
Shaw v. Reno
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Established the principle of Judicial Review empowering the Supreme Court to nullify an act of the legislative or executive branch that violates the Constitution.
Marbury v. Madison
McCullouch v. Maryland
United States v. Lopez
Brown v. Board of Education
Choose all that apply: These cases deal with the 1st Amendment's speech clause
Tinker v. Des Moines
Schenck v. United States
Citizens United v. FEC
New York Times v. United States
Engel v. Vitale
This case deals with the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Engel v. Vitale
Gideon v. Wainwright
Schenck v. United States
This case deals with the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Roe v. Wade
Engel v. Vitale
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Check all that apply: These are incorporation cases that apply a right found in the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Marbury v. Madison
Tinker v. Des Moines
Check all that apply: These cases deal with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Baker v. Carr
Brown v. Board of Education
Citizens United v. FEC
Tinker v. Des Moines
This case gives meaning to the Necessary and Proper Clause and says that the federal government has powers not expressly listed in the Constitution (i.e. implied powers)
Marbury v. Madison
US v. Lopez
McCullouch v. Maryland
Roe v. Wade
This case reverses a trend of expanding federal power and limits the government's ability to act pursuant to the Commerce Clause
Marbury v. Madison
New York Times v. United States
Mc Cullouch v. Maryland
United States v. Lopez
This case overturned the Superme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Mc Donald v. Chicago
Engel v. Vitale
Brown v. Board of Education
Citizens United v. FEC
