Judicial Branch

How are federal judges selected?

• The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is named to the bench by the President and does not need to be confirmed.
• The person is publicly elected to the bench and confirmed by the Senate.
• The person is nominated by the Senate and chosen by the President.

When a case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the court can do which of the following?

• Declares the law involved in the case to be unconstitutional.
• Sends the case to Congress to decide on the legality of the law involved.
• Sends the case back to the lower court for reconsideration.
• Passes the case on to a higher court.

This type of jurisdiction is shared by both Federal and State judiciary.

• Appellate
• Concurrent
• Exclusive
• Original

Role of the judicial branch

• make laws
• interpret laws
• enforce laws
• impeach a president

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench
• jury
• judicial review
• justice

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435

A check the executive branch has on the judicial branch

• impeach for committing a crime
• veto laws
• nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• declare a law unconstitutional

A check the legislative branch has on the judicial branch

• impeach for committing a crime
• veto laws
• nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• declare a law unconstitutional

A check the judicial branch has on the executive branch

• impeach for committing a crime
• veto laws
• nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• declare an action by the president to be unconstitutional 

Unconstitutional means _____________

• to charge a public official with wrong doing
• the Constitution does NOT allow it
• rejecting a law and refusing to sign it
• to determine the meaning of the Constitution