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WorksheetsJudicial Branch Bell Ringer 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The highest court in the land is the US –
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
District Court
High Court
The president appoints Supreme Court justices to serve ___ terms.
1 year
5 years
10 years
Life time
There are ____ justices are on the Supreme Court.
5
9
12
15
The head of the Supreme Court is known as the _____.
Superior Judge
Chief Justice
Chief Courter
Speaker of the Court
This case established the policy of judicial review.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Marbury vs. Madison
McCulloch vs Maryland
Who decides which cases the Supreme Court hears?
the Supreme Court itself
the president
Congress
they must hear all cases that are appealed to them
What is Judicial Review?
The Supreme Court shaping polices by addressing social and political issues.
A clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property.
The Supreme Court avoids taking the initiative on social and political questions.
The Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional
A court’s authority to hear and decide cases is its –
judicial review
writ of certiorari
jurisdiction
stare decisis
A ___ is in regard to a noncriminal matter such as a contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement.
criminal case
certificate
civilian tribunal
civil case
When a person who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it, they ask the –
district court
appellate court
county court
trial court
In a civil case, the _____ is who is said to have caused harm.
Victim
Defendant
Plaintiff
justice
“As a member of this Court I am not justified in writing my opinions into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them.” - Justice Felix Frankfurter
In the quote above, Justice Frankfurter is stating his support of Judicial –
activism
review
appeals
restraint
What are the 2 court systems found in the United States today?
Appellate & Original Courts
Tax & Territorial Courts
Judge Judy & Judge Mathis
federal and state courts
Which 1819 Supreme Court case asserted the Supremacy of the Federal government over state governments and held that, “the power to tax … is the power to destroy”?
Schenck v. U.S.
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Texas v. Johnson
Which 1857 Supreme Court ruling declared slaves to be property and nullified the Missouri Compromise?
Dred Scott v Sandford
McCulloch v Maryland
Engel v. Vitale
Grutter v. Bollinger
