WorksheetsScotus
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Select the option that is a checks the judicial branch can implement towards the other two branches of government.
Declaring presidential acts unconstitutional
Withholding funds
None of the above
The judicial concept of honoring past decisions.
Stare decicis
Habeas corpus
Writ of Cert
None of the above
Judicial review was affirmed in which case?
Sweatt v. Painter
Brown v. Board
Obergefell v. Hodges
Marbury v. Madison
Who has the power to appoint a Supreme Court Judge, when there is an open spot on the court?
Legislature
Citizens
President
Congress
Established “Separate but Equal”, which provided separate public facilities for both whites and blacks as long as they were equal.
District of Columbia v Heller
In Re Gault
Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
That slavery diminished the national character.
That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
That slavery should be abolished by executive order
There are this many judges on the U.S. Supreme Court
5
7
9
11
Who ratifies (approves) the judges who are nominated to serve on the Supreme Court?
A majority of the state legislatures
Members of the House Finance Committee
The entire U.S. House of Representatives
The U.S. Senate
The Supreme Court’s power to declare a law unconstitutional and overturn it
Judicial Review
Judicial Remand
Appellate
Original
What is the main function of the Supreme Court?
Make laws
Interpret laws
Enforce laws
Question laws
Supreme Court justices and the President that appointed them share ...
political parties
educational experience
political ideology
constitutional qualifications
This Supreme Court case established students have a first amendment right to freedom of SPEECH as long as it doesn't cause a disruption.
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas
Tinker v. DesMoines
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Gideon v Wainwright
What is the primary role of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)?
To create laws
To interpret laws
To enforce laws
To amend the Constitution
Which of the following is a power unique to the Supreme Court of the United States?
Vetoing legislation
Declaring laws unconstitutional
Appointing federal judges
Impeaching the President
Who has the authority to nominate justices to the Supreme Court of the United States?
The U.S. Senate
The President of the United States
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
The Speaker of the House
