AP GOPO - 2019 The Judiciary Chapter 16 Wilson Reading Quiz

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 1. A signed opinion which agrees with the majority view of the court, but for different reasons?

• a. Dissenting opinion

• b. Concurring opinion

• c. Per curiam opinion

• d. Writ of certiorari

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 2. A way for a party (a person) who has an interest in a court case but is not directly involved to present arguments in favor of one side.

• Writ of certiorari

• Amicus curiae

• Stare decisis

• In forma pauperis

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 3. An examination of the political ideology of a nominated judge

• Political question

• Senatorial courtesy

• Stare decisis

• Litmus test

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 4. Courts created by Congress for a specialized purpose. Judges in these courts do not have the same protections and privileges specified by Article III of the U.S. Constitution.

• Constitutional Courts

• District Courts

• Courts of Appeals

• Legislative Courts

• Military Courts

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 5. “Blue Slips”

• A piece of paper used by democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary committee to record their confirmation vote.

• An official form used by republican senators to block democratic judicial nominees

• A form used by a senator to indicate their views on a judicial nominee under senatorial courtesy

• Another name for senatorial courtesy

• A judicial tradition in which the concurring opinion of a justice is recorded with a blue slip of paper

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 6. A method that allows for a poor person to have his or her case heard in federal court without charge

• In forma pauperis

• Writ of certiorari

• Sovereign immunity

• Fee shifting

What person is the federal government's top trial lawyer? (Also personally responsible for deciding what cases the government will appeal)

• Chief justice

• Solicitor general

• Attorney general

• Judge Advocate General

Part I: Which of the terms best matches the description? 8. An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a case for review

• Writ of certiorari

• Amicus curiae

• Stare decisis

• In forma pauperis

What doctrine prevents you from suing the government (or a government body) without its consent?

• Fee shifting

• Class-action suit

• National supremacy

• Sovereign immunity

A brief, unsigned opinion of the Supreme Court:

• Concurring opinion

• Per curiam opinion

• Dissenting opinion

• Writ of certiorari