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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the correct description of the creation of the federal court system?
The President established the Supreme Court and Congress established the lower courts.
Congress created both the Supreme Court and the lower courts.
Both the Supreme Courts and the lower courts were established by the Constitution.
The Constitution created the Supreme Court and Congress established the lower courts.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains the executive branch’s influence on the U.S. Judiciary?
Federal judges are impeached by the House of Representatives.
The President appoints federal judges to be confirmed by the Senate.
A federal judge is appointed by a joint resolution of Congress.
The Department of Justice selects federal judges.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following sets of courts have appellate jurisdiction?
Supreme Court, Municipal/Country Courts and Civil Courts
Federal District Court and the Supreme Court
Municipal/Country Courts and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, & State Courts of Appeals
- 4. Multiple Choice
*Two high courts
*Varied terms of office
*Judges are elected instead of appointed
What is the best title for this list?
House of Representatives
Texas State Judiciary
Supreme Court
Federal Judiciary
- 5. Multiple Choice
How long may Supreme Court Justices serve?
for terms varying from four to eight years.
for 15-year terms.
for 12-year terms.
for life unless impeached, retire or die.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison accomplish?
enabled William Marbury to become a justice of the peace.
stripped the President of his power to appoint federal judges.
established checks and balances.
established the Court's power of judicial review.
- 7. Multiple Choice
• Exercises both original & appellate
jurisdiction
• Nine justices serving on the court
• Established by Article III of the
Constitution
What is the best title for the list?
A Texas Supreme Court
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
- 8. Multiple Choice
Dissenting Opinions of the Supreme Court…
accept the opinion of those who appealed the case to the Federal District Court.
Sometimes written by Justices who do not not agree with the Majority Opinion.
are when the Justices present oral arguments to give their views on the case.
stand as a precedent, an example to be followed in similar cases.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The majority of the limited cases that the Supreme Court decides to hear each term…
are rulings on the legality of Congressional action
concern foreign governments
e decisions appealed from lower courts.
are mediations between States.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which is true of the Majority Opinion of the Supreme Court?
It adds or emphasizes a point not made in the other argument.
It is the court’s opinion that sets the model (precedent) for other courts to follow
It is the court’s opinion that really has no power.
It is the losing argument which could be reversed later.
- 11. Multiple Choice
True or False: When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
True or False: A jury decides the case in a bench trial.
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
True or False: When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an appeal.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is
Criminal
Appeal
Civil
Supreme
- 16. Multiple Choice
If you break a law of the United States, your case will probably be in
Federal Court
State Court
Divorce Court
Municipal Court
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