Judicial Branch Review

practice of using earlier court decisions as precedents to decide current cases

• stare decisis

• writ of certiorari

• remand

• majority opinion

order to a lower court to send its records on a case to the Supreme Court

• brief

• majority opinion

• writ of certiorari

• stare decisis

Article III of the U.S. Constitution established the judicial branch of government.

• True

• False

Federal courts have concurrent jurisdiction over kidnapping cases.

• True

• False

In which type of court do federal trials and lawsuits usually begin?

• federal appeals courts

• federal district courts

• municipal courts

• state supreme courts

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases involving

• foreign diplomats and disputes between states.

• freedoms of speech and the press, and the right to assemble.

• the U.S. Constitution.

• treaties with other nations.

The two kinds of cases that courts hear are _____________

• criminal cases and federal cases

• federal cases and state cases

• criminal cases and civil cases

• private cases and public cases

How does a case come before the Supreme Court?

• All federal cases automatically come before the Supreme Court.

• Any case in which a state government loses is appealed to the Supreme Court

• The justices of the Supreme Court choose the cases they will hear.

• The Senate determines the cases that the Supreme Court will hear each year.

The judicial branch of government _____________.

• makes laws

• interprets laws

• carries out laws

• repeals laws

Which of the following established the principle of judicial review?

• Article III of the U.S. Constitution

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Marbury v. Madison

• Worcester v. Georgia