WorksheetsGov Unit 5 Judicial Branch Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 39mins
Why do federal judges hold office for life?
to create judicial independence
to experience friendships in their profession
to be able to live through their rulings
What is the purpose of Judicial Review?
To decide whether or not an act of the legislative or executive branch follows the Constitution.
To decide whether or not to stop an execution from happening in death sentence cases.
To give more power to the executive and legislative branches.
What is one of the purposes of Miranda warnings?
protects the rights of the accuser
protects the rights of the police
protects the rights of the accused
protects the rights of judges
The police enter someone's house without their permission or a search warrant and seize evidence to use against them in a court of law. What amendment does this relate to?
2nd Amendment
4th Amendment
6th Amendment
12th Amendment
The basis of the 14th amendment was to include or give all U.S. citizens what?
equal protection under the law
due process
citizenship
all of the above
This case set forth rights that are read when you're arrested, 5th amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
This case upheld 9th Amendment rights to privacy by ensuring a woman's right to have an abortion
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Mapp v. Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Voted against public prayer and Bible readings in school, 1st Amendment establishment clause
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Engel v. Vitale
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Flag burning is protected by The First Amendment- expression of free speech
Texas vs. Johnson
Mapp vs. Ohio
Miranda vs. Arizona
McCulloch vs. Maryland
What are the TWO types of court systems in the U.S.? (Select TWO answers)
Federal
Universal
State
International
What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch?
to make the laws
to interpret the Constitutionality of the laws
to enforce the laws
to renew the laws
Who appoints Supreme Court Justices?
The Vice President
The Speaker of the House
Congress
The President
The Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review. What is Judicial Review?
when the Supreme Court decides if a law is unconstitutional or not
when the Supreme Court creates a new law
when the Supreme Court enforces the laws of the Legislative Branch
when the Supreme Court vetoes a Bill from Congress
What are TWO things the "accused" has a right to?
judicial restraint
a trial
a lawyer/attorney
scratch piece of paper
The outcome of Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools, supports the judicial concept of___________ by expanding equal protection 14th amendment rights to African Americans.
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Constitutional Originalism
Strict Constructionalism
Which Article addresses the jurisdiction of the federal courts and establishes one Supreme Court?
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article VI
The ruling in this case allowed for equal protected of the rights of Mexican Americans and other minority groups.
Hernandez v. Texas
Texas v. Johnson
Engel v. Vitale
Miranda v. Arizona
This ruling held that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment protection against "unreasonable searches and seizures" must be excluded from criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.
Mapp v. Ohio, 1961
Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
Marbury v. Madison, 1803
This Supreme Court case established that all citizens have a right to an attorney (legal counsel) even if they can not afford one under the 6th amendment.
District of Columbia v. Heller
Tinker v. DesMoines
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Gideon v Wainwright
Evidence illegally gathered by the police may not be used in a criminal trial
Gregg v. Georgia
Payen v. Tennessee
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Mapp v. Ohio
This court case argued that race can be considered a factor in college admissions on the basis of affirmative action.
Brown v. Board of Edu
Miranda v. Arizona
Sweatt v. Painter
Grutter v. Bollinger
State Courts are leveled from lower all the way up to the Supreme Court. What is another description of the following graphic?
State Court Systems
Judicial Activism
Judicial Review
Judicial Restraint
Judicial judges act as referees when it comes to interpreting the law, what is another way to describe the judge's roles responsibility in the judicial process.
Judicial review
Judicial legislating
Judicial executing
due process
