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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the main job of the Judicial Branch?To interpret lawsTo make lawsTo enforce lawsTo ignore laws
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich Article of the Constitution creates the Judicial Branch?Article 1Article 2Article 3Article 4
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe US Constitution directly creates only the ____________ Court.AppellateDisctrictMilitarySupreme
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhile the President has the power to appoint federal judges, who must approve them?The HouseThe SenateBoth the House and SenateThe chief Justice of the United States
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Constitution, who is responsible for creating the inferior federal courts?The PresidentThe Chief JusticeThe CongressThe Voters
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow is the Judicial Branch able to check the power of the other branches?By refusing to seat members of CongressBy impeaching members of the other branchesBy using Judicial ReviewBy Judicial Declaration
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow many District Courts are in the US and its territories?539412312
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Supreme Court expresses its official opinion through the ________ _______Judicial ReviewMajority OpinionConcurring OpinionDissenting Opinion
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe two kinds of cases that courts hear arecriminal and federal casesstate and federal casescriminal and civil casesprivate and public cases
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. and is the final court of appeals.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAll federal judges areelected by the citizensappointed by the President and approved by the House of RepresentativesAppointed by the state governorAppointed by the President and approved by the Senate
- 12. Multiple ChoiceFederal judges are given a life tenure so thatthey can be free from political pressure and influencethey cannot be impeachedthey will always have a jobthey only make decisions that make the citizens happy
- 13. Multiple Choice
The U.S. court system is called a dual court system because it has both
a Supreme Court and inferior courts.
State and federal courts.
trial courts and courts of appeals.
civilian and military courts.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which courts can exercise both original and appellate jurisdiction?
federal district courts
the Supreme Court
all of the constitutional courts
federal courts of appeals d
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following officials are appointed for life?
judges of the constitutional courts
judges of the special courts d. U.S. marshals
- 16. Multiple Choice
When the U.S. government is sued, the case is first heard in the
Court of Federal Claims.
Supreme Court.
Court of Appeals.
federal district court.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The courts set up by Congress for the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are called
district
territorial
island
protectorate
- 18. Multiple Choice
concurrent means
national government
state government
shared between fed/state
international
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