Judicial Branch

​ ​ (a)   Associate Judges + ​ ​ (b)   ​ Chief Justice = ​ (c)   Supreme Court Justices

• 8
• I
• 9

Only US Court with a jury, which decides guilt or innocence.

• District Court

• Court of Appeals

• US Supreme Court

When the court hears a case for the first time, gives a verdict

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Fake Jurisdiction

• Real Jurisdiction

The final court of appeal in the US is...

• District Court

• Court of Appeals

• US Supreme Court

What is the name of the power that allows the Supreme Court to decide if a law is constitutional?

• executive review

• pardon

• judicial review

• appeal

Term of office for a Supreme Court justice

• elected for a period of 5 years
• nominated for a period of 10 years
• elected for a period of 8 years
• nominated for life (until retirement or death)

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.

Congress has just passed a bill, and the president has approved it.

Which statement best explains how the law can still be prevented from being enacted?

• The Speaker of the House can veto the law.

• The people in each state can vote against the law.

• The Supreme Court can determine the unconstitutionality of the law.

• The governors in each state can refuse to approve the law.

Who is in the judicial branch of government?

• Senate & House of Representatives

• Supreme Court, Federal Courts, State Courts

• President, VP, Cabinet, Agencies/Departments

Which best explains the difference between the job of the legislative branch and executive branch when it comes to filling a Supreme Court vacancy?

• The Senate nominates a judge, the President approves a judge.

• The President interviews a judge, the Senate hires a judge.

• The Senate hires a judge, the President can impeach a judge.

• The President nominates a judge, the Senate approves a judge.

What does the judge decide in an appeals case?

• If the trial was judged fairly and lookin for mistakes from a lower court

• the length of the convicted criminal's sentence

• what a convicted person eats for his/her last meal

• whether a convicted person should change lawyers