Ch. 13 Section 3 Review

Which is an example of policymaking by the Supreme Court?

• deciding on the constitutional issue in a dispute between neighboring states

• describing the requirements listed in the Americans with Disabilities Act

• determining that the Constitution guarantees a right to privacy

• ruling in a case about the actions of a federal agency

What is the opposite of judicial activism?

• textualism

• originalism

• judicial review

• judicial restraint

What judicial philosophy expresses the idea that only the plain meaning of the words in a law should be used to interpret that law?

• originalism

• textualism

• broad construction

• loose construction

What point was Chief Justice Roberts making when he compared judges to umpires?

• The judiciary’s role is to apply the rules rather than make them.

• The judiciary’s role is to check the power of the executive branch.

• The judiciary is the weakest of the three branches of government.

• The judiciary is unable to control the actions of Congress.

Which of the following can the federal courts interpret as constitutional or unconstitutional?

• media reports, interviews, and editorials

• landmark cases that arise out of state legislatures

• congressional committee publications and debates

• laws and actions of other government branches

What term is used to describe the idea that courts should be limited to striking down laws that are unmistakably unconstitutional?

• judicial activism

• judicial restraint

• originalism

• textualism

What is the opposite of broad construction?

• strict construction

• loose construction

• originalism

• textualism

Which of the following is an example of a check on judicial power?

• a media company creates a documentary series about a Supreme Court ruling.

• Congress fails to appropriate funds to carry out a change called for in a Supreme Court ruling.

• Congress launches an investigation into a Supreme Court ruling.

• The president asks the people to petition the Supreme Court.

A judge who issues both liberal and conservative rulings: ________

• swing vote

• dissenting opinion

• majority leader

• judicial review

Belief that the courts should limit the use of their powers to check powers of other branches: ________

• judicial restraint

• judicial activism

• original jurisdiction

• writ of certiorari