Triad F Last Exam Review
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The right to ______, or the right of parties in a
dispute to have their case determined by a group of
ordinary citizens, dates back in England to the Magna
Carta.
Certiorari
Habeas corpus
Judicial review
Trial by Jury
Trial by ordeal
In ______, the government prosecutes
an individual for breaking the law.
Appeals
Civil suits
Class action lawsuits
Criminal cases
Probate court
In _____, a plaintiff, such as Jennifer Gratz sues
a defendant, such as the University of Michigan,
to enforce a right or to win monetary damages.
Appeals
Civil suits
Class action lawsuits
Criminal cases
Probate court
The US Constitution guarantees jury
trials in all:
Appeals
Civil Suits
Class Action Lawsuits
Criminal cases
Probate Cases
The lawful authority of a court to
hear a case is referred to as its:
Authority
Deposition
Judicial Power
Jurisdiction
Standing
______ is the power of courts to declare
action of Congress, the president, or state
officials unconstitutional, and therefore void.
Affirmative Action
Constitutional Interpretation
Judicial Review
Jurisdiction
Statutory Interpretation
The Supreme Court granted itself the
power of judicial review in the case of:
Brown v. Board of Education
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Roe v. Wade
In _____, the Court took an expansive view of national power, declaring that the
commerce clause, which granted the national government the authority to
regulate commerce “among the several states,” would be broadly defined to
include not just the shipping of goods across state lines but also the economic
activities within a state that concern other states.
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandfortd
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
In ____, the Supreme Court declared that no black
person could be an American citizen and that
Congress did not have the authority to regulate
slavery in the territories.
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
______ are the parties bringing the suit in civil suits
often requesting monetary damages to compensate
for harms done to them, such as by a broken
contract, or a defective product.
Amicus curiae
Appellants
Defendants
Plaintiffs
Respondents
A lawsuit filed by one person on behalf
of that person plus all similarly situated
individuals is referred to as a(n):
Amicus Curiae
Appeal
Class Action
Plurality Action
Writ of habeas corpus
Under the Constitution, accused criminal in federal courts have a
right to indictment by a ______, a specially empanelled jury
consisting of between sixteen and twenty-three citizens who
determine whether the government has sufficient evidence to
charge the suspect with a crime.
Grand Jury
Judicial Review
Judiciary Committee
Prosecutorial Committee
Supreme Jury
________ is when judges who go beyond what the law
requires seek to impose their own policy preferences
on society through their judicial decisions.
Affirmative action
Initiative
Judicial Activism
Judicial restraint
Judicial review
_______ is a concept which asserts that judges should
respect the decisions of other branches, or, through
the concept of precedent, the decisions of earlier
judges.
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Judicial review
Common law
None of the above