Judicial Branch Review
1. What article of the constitution explains the Judicial Branch?
2. Who has the final authority to determine whether a law is acceptable under the Constitution?
3. What are the 3 types of courts in the federal court system?
4. Give 3 characteristics of District Courts?
5. What is original jurisdiction? Appellate jurisdiction?
6. What are the responsibilities of the following – judge, magistrate, US Attorney, Marshal?
7. What is the geographic area an appeals court has jurisdiction called?
8. What type of cases does the Supreme Court typically hear?
9. Can the Supreme Court decision be appealed? Why or why not?
10. 1st African American justice? First female justice?
11. How many justices must vote to reach a decision? What happens if there is a tie?
12. What is the difference between majority, dissenting and concurring opinions?
13. Which cases do federal courts have jurisdiction?
14. What type of court do federal trials and lawsuits begin?
15. What is the job of the appeals court?
16. What does it mean when a judge uses precedent to arrive at an opinion?
17. Brown v Board of Education
18. Marbury v Madison
19. Plessy v Ferguson
20. Gibbons v Odgen
21. Gideon v Wainwright
22. Mapp v Ohio
23. Korematsu v US
24. Furman v Georgia
25. Miranda v Arizona
26. Roe v Wade
27. US v Nixon
28. Bush v Gore
29. Tinker v Des Moines
30. Judiciary Act of 1789
31. How do cases come before the Supreme Court?
32. When can the Supreme Court rule on the constitutionality of a law?
33. What are the 3 things a circuit court judge can do with a case?
34. What type of job did all of the Supreme Court justices have before becoming a justice?
35. Who are the 9 Supreme Court Justices? Who is Chief Justice?