Judicial System

Which case did Brown vs. Board of Education overturn?

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Marbury vs. Madison

• U.S. vs Citizens United

• Michigan vs. Ogdan

What is the court of final appeal in Virginia?

• Virginia Supreme Court

• Virginia Appeals Court

• General District Court

• Virginia Circuit Court

What court would a defendant go to who was appealing a decision from the Circuit Court?

• General District Court

• Circuit Court

• Court of Appeals

• VA Supreme Court

What term means the court's authority to review a case from a lower court?

• Review Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Open Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

Which court case did the United States Supreme Court establish the power of judicial review?

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Milton v. Monroe

Which word means "the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury"?

• Civil Suit

• Verdict

• Jurisdiction

• Damages

Which legal process does this headline describe?

"State Supreme Court Rules Against City

Restrictions on public meetings said to be unconstitutional"

• Legislative Proceedings

• Civil Trial

• Judicial Review

• Criminal Prosecution

Which of the following is NOT true about the VA Supreme Court?

• it has Judicial Review powers

• it has jury trials

• it has multiple judges/justices

• it has appellate jurisdiction

True or False: The power of judicial review affects both the Legislative and Executive branches.

• True

• False

True or False: The power of judicial review was explicitly created in the constitution by our founding fathers.

• True

• False