2024 Judicial Branch Review Chapter 13

The division of power and authority between state and federal government:

• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers
• Nationalism

The Judicial Branch’s main responsibility:

• Execute Law
• Create Law
• Enforce Law
• Interpret and Apply the Law to settle disputes and violations of the law

The person who is being accused of a crime is also known as the:

• Defendant
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Jury

The person accusing someone of committing a crime is also known as the:

• Defendant
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Jury

Determines verdict of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case

• Judge
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Jury

Lawyers made available by the government to people who may not otherwise have access to a legal defense:

• Attorneys
• Public Defenders
• Prosecutors
• Legal Advisors

Asking a higher court to review a case heard by a lower court

• Appeal
• Rebuttal
• Opinion
• Interpretation

Which of the following would include examining evidence, calling witnesses, hearing testimony, a jury, and cross examination of witnesses?

• Trial Court (original jurisdiction)
• Appeals Court (appellate jurisdiction)
• Supreme Court (appellate jurisdiction)
• all of these

How does the judicial branch exhibit the idea of federalism?

• all three levels of government have courts
• judicial review applies to all levels of government
• a state or local case may end up in a federal appeals court
• all of these

The authority to rule an act or law unconstitutional:

• judicial review
• writ of certiorari
• habeas corpus
• amicus curiae