Structure of the Judicial Branch
What is the highest court in the U.S.?
SCOTUS or Supreme Court
100: What is a writ of certiorari?
Answer: What is a request for the Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision?
What is judicial review?
Answer: What is the power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional?
What is originalism?
Answer: What is interpreting the Constitution based on its original meaning?
What branch declares war ?
What is the legislative branch
What is the primary role of U.S. District Courts?
try federal cases and hear original jurisdiction matters
What is the rule of four?
Answer: What is the principle that allows four justices to grant a writ of certiorari?
What landmark case established judicial review?
Answer: What is Marbury v. Madison?
What is judicial activism?
Answer: What is the belief that the Court should actively interpret the Constitution to promote justice or change?
Who becomes president if the president and vice president die ?
What is the speaker of the house
What is the function of the U.S. Court of Appeals?
Answer: What is to hear appeals from district courts?
What happens during oral arguments?
Answer: What is when attorneys present their cases before the justices?
How are federal judges put into office ?
What is appointment by president and confirmation by the senate
How does judicial restraint differ from activism?
Answer: What is the approach of deferring to the elected branches and avoiding overturning laws?
What is the process called that elects the president ?
What is the electoral college
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
Answer: What is nine?
What is the significance of the majority opinion?
Answer: What establishes the official ruling and reasoning of the Court?
What is the effect does Marbury v. Madison have on power of the federal court ?
What is increases its power
What is judicial pragmatism?
Answer: What is interpreting laws based on practical outcomes and contemporary needs?
What is the supreme law of the land ?
What is the Constitution
What established the federal court system?
Answer: What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
What percentage of cases that requests to be heard does SCOTUS accept to be heard ?
Answer: What is about 1 percent
what is one check the executive branch has on the judicial branch
What is pardon
How did judicial philosophy affect civil rights.
What is the decision in Brown v. Bd of Education
How many Articles is the Constitution
What is seven