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Ch. 7 & 8 Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Article outlines the Judicial Branch?

a)

Article 2

b)

Article 4

c)

Article 3

d)

Article 7

2.

What Supreme Court case established judicial review?

a)

Terry v. Ohio

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Jones v. Georgia

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

3.

The Supreme Court is the highest court of the land & has the power of

(a)  

4.

The power to hear a case for the first time

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Appellate Jurisdiction

c)

Judicial Power

d)

Original Jurisdiction

5.

Opinion of one or more judges which disagrees with the reasoning stated in the majority opinion

a)

Concurring Opinion

b)

Dissenting Opinion

c)

Main Opinion

d)

Negative Opinion

6.

When a higher court has the power to review a lower court's decision

a)

Appellate Jurisdiction

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Original Jurisdiction

d)

Judicial Power

7.

Party bringing a certiorari appeal to the Supreme Court

a)

Petitioner

b)

Respondent

c)

Opponent

d)

Lawyer

8.

Opinion agreeing with case outcome but for different reasons

a)

Positive Opinion

b)

Main Opinion

c)

Concurring Opinion

d)

Dissenting Opinion

9.

The party being sued or tried

a)

Lawyer

b)

Petitioner

c)

Opponent

d)

Respondent

10.

A legal principle that directs courts to adhere to previous judgments (or judgments of higher tribunals) while resolving a case with allegedly comparable facts.

a)

Stare Decisis

b)

Writs of Certiorari

c)

Original Jurisdiction

d)

Appellate Jurisdiction

11.

A court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency.

a)

Concurring Opinion

b)

Writs of Certiorari

c)

Dissenting Opinion

d)

Stare Decisis

12.

How many Supreme Court members are there?

(a)  

13.

Who establishes the size of the Courts?

(a)  

14.

Based on reason, tradition, and equity

a)

Common Law

b)

Criminal Law

c)

Constitutional Law

d)

‐Statutory Law

15.

Written-out legal code, typically passed by a legislature

a)

Civil Law

b)

Constitutional Law

c)

Common Law

d)

Statutory Law

16.

American law also operates on an

a)

Spectrum

b)

Dual Federalism

c)

Judicial focused system

d)

adversarial system

17.

Name 4 Criteria cases have to meet before the Justices can hear them

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18.

What is the Solicitor General?

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19.

Name 1 job of the Solicitor General

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20.

What is Due Process?

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21.

What right does the 6th Amendment provide

a)

Unreasonable Search and Seizure

b)

Right to bear arms

c)

Right to a lawyer

d)

Trial by Jury

22.

Due Process is laid out in what Amendments?

(a)  

23.

What are Civil Liberties?

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24.

The exclusionary rule was finally applied to states due to this court case

a)

Powell v. Alabama (1932)

b)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

c)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

d)

Betts v. Brady (1942)

25.

In order to get a warrant, you need what?

(a)  

26.

What are the 2 Categories of civil liberties?

(a)  

27.

What is the exclusionary rule?

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28.

What right does the 4th Amendment provide?

a)

Right to a lawyer

b)

No unreasonable search and seizure

c)

Right to bear arms

d)

Freedom of speech

29.

What court case did the exclusionary rule come from?

a)

Powell v. Alabama (1932)

b)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

c)

US v. E.C Knight Co (1895)

d)

Weeks v. US (1914)

30.

Name a court case that we talked about in class where a probable cause search was performed

a)

Terry v. Ohio (1968)

b)

Weeks v. US (1914)

c)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

d)

None of the above

31.

What important test came out of Schenck v. US (1919)?

(a)  

32.

Which freedom became selectively incorporated due to Gitlow v. NY (1925)

a)

Press

b)

Speech

c)

Association

d)

None of the above

33.

In what situations are law enforcement allowed to perform warrantless probable cause searches?

(a)  

34.

What is strict scrutiny?

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35.

What case established freedom of association?

a)

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

b)

NAACP v. Alabama (1958)

c)

None of the above

d)

Near v. Minnesota (1931)

36.

Which freedom became selectively incorporated due to Near v. Minnesota (1931)

a)

Association

b)

Speech

c)

None of the above

d)

Press

37.

The most protected human issues are about issues of

(a)  

38.

Brandeis rebranded the clear and present danger test to

(a)