WorksheetsThe Judicial Branch
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 NOT do?
Create the Supreme Court.
Create the inferior court system.
Create judicial districts
Which court case established judicial review?
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Marbury vs. Madison
Marcus vs. Mukasey
Monroe vs. Millerton
Who decides how many members are on the Supreme Court?
Congress
Constitution
The Court
The Cabinet
Which Supreme Court decision determined that "separate but equal" laws were unconstitutional?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Dred Scot vs. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda vs. Arizona
What was the constitutional rationale for Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion in 1973?
The right to privacy
The right to equal access
The right to free speech
The right to healthcare
What was the outcome of Dobbs vs. Jackson that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022?
The President sets abortion policy.
Abortion is banned
Each state decides abortion policies.
Congress sets abortion policy.
Judicial approach to the Constitution that is described as "legislating from the bench":
Judicial Recovery
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Judicial Autonomy
Judicial approach to the Constitution that is described as "strict Constitutionalist" who is hesitant to go against precedent:
Judicial Apathy
Judicial Review
Judicial Restraint
Judicial Activism
Which is NOT a role the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court fulfills?
Presides over impeachment trial in US Senate
Oversees the entire Federal judicial branch
In line of succession for the Presidency
Swears in the incoming President.
When does the U.S. Supreme Court hear a case?
When the lower courts request a review.
When the Supreme Court votes to hear it.
When the Senate Judiciary Committee orders it.
When the President orders it.
Which of the following is NOT a potential outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court?
The Court agrees to hear the case and makes a ruling.
The Court allows the lower-court ruling to stand.
The Court sends the case back to the lower-court for further review.
The Court immediately reverses the lower-court ruling without hearing.
How is a Supreme Court case decided?
2/3rds of the justices agree on a ruling.
A majority of the justices agree on a ruling.
All of the justices agree on a ruling.
At least 4 of the justices agree on a decision.
A term used to describe examples from previous cases used to help rule in current case:
Precedent
Priority
Patterning
Previosity
What's an example of a Special Court?
The Court of Federal Claims
The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Military Commissions
The Federal Court of Appeals
Who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
John Roberts
