The judicial branch

Review Part I The Judicial Branch

1.What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch? ,[object Object]

2. Who appoints the members of the Supreme Court? ,[object Object]

3. Who approves or rejects the appointments? ,[object Object]

4. What check and balance does the supreme Court have over the executive and legislative branches? ,[object Object]

5. For how long is an appointment to the supreme court? ,[object Object]

6. What condition does the constitution impose on judges in order to hold their offices? ,[object Object]

7. How many Supreme Court Justices have been impeached? ,[object Object]

8. What is the difference between being a judge and a justice? ,[object Object]

9. What are two examples of influential supreme Court decisions? ,[object Object],[object Object]

10. What did the Dred Scott v Sandford decision say? ,[object Object]

11. Why was this influential? ,[object Object]

12. What did Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka Kansas say? ,[object Object]

13. Why was this influential? ,[object Object]

14. How does the President check and balance the Supreme Court? ,[object Object]

15. How does the Senate check and balance the Supreme Court? ,[object Object]

16. How was the Supreme Court established? ,[object Object]

17. How were the lower courts established? ,[object Object],[object Object]

18. What are the courts under the Supreme Court? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

19. Why are these courts called “inferior?” ,[object Object]

20. What is Judicial Review? ,[object Object],[object Object]

21. What did the Marbury v Madison in 1803 say? ,[object Object],[object Object]

22. How many Supreme Court justices are there? ,[object Object]

23. What is the voting structure of the Supreme Court? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

24. What is the supreme court’s jurisdiction? ,[object Object],[object Object]

25. How is it decided which cases the Supreme Court will hear among thousands of petitions? ,[object Object]

26. What are two types of legal cases? ,[object Object]

27. Who brings cases against people accused of breaking the law (criminal cases)? ,[object Object]

28. What are civil cases? ,[object Object]

29. What is Juvenile Court? ,[object Object]

30. What are the two basic court systems in the U.S? ,[object Object]

31. What cases are covered by State Courts? ,[object Object]

32. Where are the vast majority of cases both civil and criminal dealt with? ,[object Object]

33. Where are cases first heard? ,[object Object]

34. What is a trial? ,[object Object]

35. What does the loser of a case do if he isn’t satisfied by the outcome of a trial? ,[object Object]

36. What is an appeal? ,[object Object]

37. What if the loser in a case does not like the outcome from a state appeals court? ,[object Object]

38. What do appeals courts and supreme courts have instead of juries? ,[object Object]

39. What kind of cases are heard by Federal Courts? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

40. What are federal crimes? ,[object Object]

41. What are the 3 levels of Federal Courts? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

42. How many regions (or circuits) are there for Federal District Courts? ,[object Object]

43. About how many cases does the Supreme Court hear per year? ,[object Object]

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