WorksheetsJudicial Branch
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which court reviews cases already decided by a lower or trial court and may change the lower court's decision?
a)
appellate court
b)
supreme court
c)
district court
d)
trial court
2.
What is the principle by which a case will be heard when four justices decide to do so?
a)
Rule of Four
b)
judicial restraint
c)
stare decisis
d)
judicial activism
3.
Which lawyer represents the federal government and argues some cases before the Supreme Court?
a)
solicitor general
b)
chief justice
c)
senatorial courtesy
d)
associate justice
4.
What is the power of the courts to review actions taken by the other branches of government and the states?
a)
judicial review
b)
appellate jurisdiction
c)
original jurisdiction
d)
judicial restraint
5.
Who is the highest-ranking justice on the Supreme Court?
a)
senatorial courtesy
b)
chief justice
c)
associate justice
d)
solicitor general
6.
What is the term used for a brief filed by someone who is interested in but not party to a case?
a)
amicus curiae
b)
dissenting opinion
c)
appellate court
d)
concurring opinion
7.
Which type of opinion is written by a justice who agrees with the Court's majority opinion but has different reasons for doing so?
a)
oral argument
b)
concurring opinion
c)
majority opinion
d)
dissenting opinion
8.
Which type of law prohibits actions that could harm or endanger others?
a)
criminal law
b)
civil law
c)
appellate law
d)
common law
9.
What is the term used for a legal principle that requires courts to follow the rules established in previous cases?
a)
judicial activism
b)
precedent
c)
judicial restraint
d)
stare decisis
10.
Who is a member of the Supreme Court who is not the chief justice?
a)
associate justice
b)
solicitor general
c)
senatorial courtesy
d)
chief justice
11.
Which type of law defines private rights and remedies?
a)
civil law
b)
criminal law
c)
common law
d)
appellate law
12.
Which Supreme Court case established the courts' power of judicial review?
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Marbury v. Madison
13.
What is the unwritten custom by which the president consults senators before nominating a candidate for a federal vacancy?
a)
dissenting opinion
b)
writ of certiorari
c)
amicus curiae
d)
senatorial courtesy
14.
What is the pattern of law developed by judges through case decisions largely based on precedent?
a)
criminal law
b)
appellate law
c)
civil law
d)
common law
15.
Which Supreme Court case ruled that separate but equal facilities for different races were unconstitutional?
a)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Brown v. Board of Education
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
16.
What is the power of a court to hear a case on appeal from a lower court and possibly change the lower court's decision?
a)
judicial restraint
b)
judicial review
c)
original jurisdiction
d)
appellate jurisdiction
17.
What is the principle by which courts rely on past decisions and their precedents when making decisions in new cases?
a)
stare decisis
b)
judicial restraint
c)
judicial activism
d)
precedent
18.
What is the closed meeting of the justices to discuss cases on the docket and take an initial vote?
a)
appellate jurisdiction
b)
conference
c)
oral argument
d)
original jurisdiction
19.
Which type of court reviews decisions of the lower (district) courts?
a)
appellate courts
b)
trial courts
c)
circuit courts
d)
courts of appeals
20.
Which philosophy involves a justice being more likely to overturn decisions or rule actions by other branches unconstitutional?
a)
judicial restraint
b)
stare decisis
c)
judicial activism
d)
precedent
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