Judicial Branch Unit Test

A _____________ decision is written when one or more of the Justices agree with one another.

• concurring

• dissenting

• stare decisis

• protesting

The presiding officer of the Supreme Court is the

• Chief Justice
• Speaker of the House
• Attorney General
• President

The Supreme Court has this type of jurisdiction:

• Appellate & Original jurisdiction

• Limited jurisdiction
• Concurrent jurisdiction
• Dissent jurisdiction

In recent years the Supreme Court has become more representative of the entire country because

• It has more liberal justices.
• It consists of justices from different regions and backgrounds.
• It has more conservative justices.
• It is now elected by the people.

A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case

• precedent
• verdict
• dissent

• case law

The power of Judicial Review was written into the Constitution

• False

• True

A court stenographer records verbatim the court procedures

• True

• False

The Supreme Law of the land is 

• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• Constitution

Which of the following lists the steps in filling a Supreme Court vacancy?

• 
  The individual is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

• 
  The individual is nominated by the president and confirmed by the House

• The individual is nominated by the Senate and confirmed by the President

• The individual is nominated by the other justices and confirmed by the Senate

The Framers provided for life tenure for federal judges to keep them independent and insulate them from politics.

• True

• False