The Judiciary AP

Which statement concerning Article III in the US Constitution is FALSE?

• Gave Congress the power to create the lower federal court system

• Gave Congress the power to set the number of Supreme Court justices

• Created the Supreme Court

• Set criteria that nominees for federal judgeships must have

Which federal court has jurisdiction over most cases heard in original jurisdiction?

• US Court of Appeals

• US District Court

• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• the US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison

• enabled William Marbury to become a federal judge

• stripped the President of his power to appoint federal judges

• upheld the Necessary and Proper Clause

• established the Court’s power of judicial review

The most important reason why the U.S. needed a national court system was that

• Congress had too much power to interpret the laws

• people were ignoring the decisions of the State courts

• each State was interpreting federal laws for itself and choosing which decisions to follow

• state courts were not interpreting their state laws correctly

A justice of the Supreme Court writes a dissenting opinion because

• he does not agree with the majority opinion

• he agrees with the majority opinion, but for different reasons

• he has recused himself from the case

• he wants to explain the slip opinion

Acceptance of a writ of certiorari is based on all of the following EXCEPT

• A court decision that conflicts with precedent

• Inconsistencies between courts of different states

• conflicting decisions in different circuits of US Court of Appeals

• Court decisions across the nation that agree on matters of constitutionality

The purpose of the litmus test as applied to judicial nominees is to

• Ensure the nominee is qualified to serve on the court

• Determine the views of nominees on an important issue

• Gain support of the American Bar Association before the nomination

• Provide a geographic balance to the Supreme Court

Cases involving citizens of different states are known as

• diversity cases

• federal-question cases

• political cases

• class-action cases

the judicial decision that acts as a basis for deciding similar cases

• mandamus

• certiorari

• stare decisis

• precedent

According to the doctrine of political questions, SCOTUS will not hear cases under all of the circumstances except?

• conflicts between the president and Congress

• mootness

• hypothetical case

• conflicting decisions in federal courts across the nation