Judicial Branch practice quiz 2023

To remain in one place with no apparent purpose...

Why should judges be appointed rather than elected?

• All judges are politicians.

• Judges could use their best judgement to decide a case and not worry about the influence of political pressures.

• Judges should be able to make decisions without fear of losing their jobs.

• Judges can keep their jobs for life.

This term describes when a higher court sends a case back to trial court to start over...

When the Supreme Court rules a law or action goes against the US Constitution...

The decision of the jury in a trial...

True or False: The Appellate Court of the United States is the highest court of our national government.

• True

• False

The power of the courts to decide whether the US Constitution allows a certain law or action...

An example of original jurisdiction is

• a lawsuit between two motorists.

• a lawsuit between two Supreme Court justices.

• a lawsuit between two or more states.

• Chicago v. Morales

The only court provided for by Article III of the Constitution...

People or things that can prove in court one side’s version of what happened...