History
Alexander Hamilton believed the judiciary to be the least dangerous branch because they had no power over the _____ or the _____.
What is purse or the sword?
Judges tend to be which demographic?
What is white and male?
Activist and Restraint are most comparable to which two political parties?
What are Democrats and Republicans?
Who rules in a decision?
The majority
Who nominates potential judges?
Who is the President?
The Supreme Court building was established in the year _ _35
What is 1935?
Judges tend to be in _______ political parties in comparison to the President.
What is similar?
Which group will tend to only rule against Congress if they've directly violated the Constitution?
What is Restraint?
Which two opinions are written by the judges following a decision on a case?
What are the majority opinion and the dissenting opinion?
Which branch of Congress approves judges as a whole?
What is the Senate?
Why did the Constitution contain so little information about the Judicial Branch compared to the other two branches?
What is prior knowledge of how courts worked?
Who is John Roberts?
Which group believes that the Constitution is a living and changing document?
What is Activist?
Which Supreme Court case came as a result of judge nominees never receiving their commissions?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Which committee confirms potential judges?
What is the Senate judiciary committee?
Where did Supreme Court use to congregate?
What is the Capitol chambers?
About _/4 of judges are 60 or older and/or have previous law experience?
What is 3/4?
The belief that court should use power to correct injustices especially when other branches are not doing so comes from which group?
What is Activist?
When a court sends a case back to a lower court to decide, this is called _____
What is remanding?
What are the Constitutional qualifications for judges?
There are none.
Which article of the Constitution establishes the judiciary?
What is Article III Section I?
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
What is 9?
Which group would be more likely to follow Stare Decisis?
What is Restriant?
Which test asks questions to gauge nominees' beliefs on important topics?
What is the Litmus Test?
About how many judicial appointments are approved by Congress?
What is 30/139?