Courts
The branch that interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The leader of the Supreme Court.
Who is the Chief Justice?
A disagreement brought before a court.
What is a case?
The power to decide whether laws follow the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
The document that is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
The building where the Supreme Court meets.
What is the Supreme Court Building?
Supreme Court justices are appointed by this official. of the Supreme Court.
Who is the President?
The person accused of a crime.
Who is the defendant?
The Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The first ten amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
Justices serve for this length of time.
What is life (lifetime appointments)?
A decision made by a court.
What is a ruling?
A law found unconstitutional can be declared this.
What is invalid?
Judges use this document when deciding constitutional cases.
What is the Constitution?
The number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
The Senate must do this before a justice can take office.
What is confirm the appointment?
A lower court’s decision being examined by a higher court.
What is an appeal?
Judicial review is an example of this constitutional principle.
What is checks and balances?
The system that divides government into three branches.
What is separation of powers?
The article of the Constitution establishing the Judicial Branch.
What is Article III?
The famous power established by Marbury v. Madison.
What is judicial review?
A court order requiring a person to appear.
What is a subpoena?
The branch that can strike down laws passed by Congress.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The system allowing each branch to limit the others.
What is checks and balances?