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Judiciary Word Web -Accuracy Check

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Florida Liz's 16 year old daughter backed into Doug's car while it was parked in front of his house. Doug sued Liz for $1500 to cover the cost of repairing the car.

Which court heard the case?

a)

District

b)

Florida Criminal Court

c)

Appellate Court

d)

Civil Court

2.

The Supreme Court has the power to hear cases without them going through the lower courts because in certain circumstances it has . . .

a)

original jurisdiction

b)

a rule of four

c)

indictment power

d)

judicial activism

3.
When the Supreme Court wants to look over the decision of a lower case, it issues a . . .
a)

writ of certiorari.

b)

stare decisis

c)

indictment

d)

judicial review

4.
Justice Harlan disagreed with Plessy v. Ferguson's decision and his ___________________ was used over 50 years later to end segregation in schools in the case Brown v. Board of Education.
a)

writ of certiorari

b)

judicial restraint

c)

dissenting opinion

d)

original jurisdiction

5.

The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases.

a)

Stare Decisis

b)

Judicial Activism

c)

Rule of Four

d)

Dissenting Opinion

6.

A Supreme Court of the United States practice that permits justices to grant a writ of certiorari. This is done specifically to prevent a majority of the Court from controlling the Court's docket

a)

Indictment

b)

Rule of Four

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Republic

7.

When a case goes to trial, it is considered a(n):

a)

civil court case

b)

judicial activism

c)

indictment

d)

judicial review

8.

The Supreme Court ruling a State law unconstitutional is an example of what?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Judicial Restraint

c)

Judicial Activism

d)

Jurisdiction

9.

The outcome of Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools, supports the judicial concept of___________.

a)

Judicial Activism

b)

Judicial Restraint

c)

an Indictment

d)

Rule of Four

10.
The philosophy that courts should generally avoid overturning laws passed or actions taken by democratically elected bodies
a)

Judicial Restraint

b)

Judicial Activism

c)

Judicial Review

d)

Writ of Certiorari