Judicial Branch Exam Review
Ch. 7
1. What article of the Constitution created the Judiciary?
2. What are the requirements for members serving on the Supreme Court?
3. Who appoints members to the Supreme Court?
4. Who confirms all appointments made to the Supreme Court?
5. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
6. Who is the current chief Justice to the Supreme Court?
7. Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court?
8. Who was the first female appointed to the Supreme Court?
9. Who was the first chief Justice in this country?
10. Who determines the number of justices to the Supreme Court?
11. What is does it mean to say that America has a dual court system?
12. What kind of jurisdiction is overlapping between state and federal courts?
13. What is jurisdiction?
14. What kind of jurisdiction do trial courts have?
15. What is a writ of certiorari?
16. How long do members of the Supreme Court serve for?
17. What is the only way to remove all federal court judges and Supreme Court justices?
18. Know the four types of opinions written by the Supreme Court and what each definition is.
19. What are the name of briefs submitted to the Court on behalf of people not directly involved in the case but who have a vested interested in its outcome? (also known as “friend of the court”)
20. How many Justices does it take to hear a case?
21. What percent of cases actually get accepted by the Supreme Court?
22. What is judicial review?
23. What happens if the Supreme Court justices do not accept a case, or if it results in a tie?
24. What is judicial restraint?
25. What is judicial activism?
26. Define stare decisis?
27. What is senatorial courtesy?
28. What are some common characteristics of members of the Court?
29. What is the process (steps) that case going before the Court goes through?