Federal Court System
How many district courts are there?
What is: 94
What is the head Justice called?
Who is the: Chief Justice
What was the issue in the Tinker v. Des Moines case?
What is: freedom of speech, armbands, peaceful protest
Our right to bear arms is guaranteed by this:
What is: 2nd Amendment
What is: Article 3
Where would you appeal if you do not like the decision of the District Court?
What is: Appeals Court
2 main jobs of the Supreme Court:
What is: Hearing appealed cases from lower courts; and hearing cases involving Constitutional issues
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) ruled that...
Prior to police questioning, arrested people must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination
Wearing a black armband or burning a flag without saying a word is an example of this type of speech.
What is: symbolic speech.
Who runs the hearing for a Supreme Court Justice nominee?
What is: Senate Judiciary Committee
How many levels of federal courts are there:
What is: (3) District Court, Appeals Court, Supreme Court
How does the judicial branch check the powers of the legislative and executive branch:
What is: Supreme Court can review laws and actions to see if they are constitutional or not (see landmark case of U.S. v. Nixon and Gibbons v. Ogden!!)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) is an example of how the judicial branch (the Supreme Court)....
What is required to search someone? (think of TLO...)
Who has to approve the President's appointments for federal judges?
What is: Senate
Define stare decisis:
What is:
Why does a Supreme Court Justice serve for life?
What is: not influenced by elections or politics; helps them stay as unbiased as possible
Roe v. Wade cites the right to privacy, the right to privacy is not written down, which amendment deals with rights that aren't written down?
What is: 9th amendment
Five Freedoms of the First Amendment:
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech (RAPPS)
What happened to Ernesto Miranda after the Supreme Court case was resolved? (Miranda v. Arizona)
What is: continued down a path of criminal life and died in a bar fight :(
What Supreme Court case gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review:
What is a write of certiorari and why is it used:
What is:
Describe a Supreme Court case we talked about:
Any of the 8 poster cases. (Tinker, Roe, Brown, Nixon, TLO, Gibbons, Miranda, Vitale)
What would negate (make invalid) the freedom to assemble/freedom of speech?
What is: if it becomes violent/advocating for violence/promoting violence
Which of the five freedoms is violated if Congress passes a law making a specific religion the official religion of the United States.
What is: 1st Amendment, freedom of religion