Exam 3

Question 1

What must a judge do to obtain tenure?

Answer 1

good behavior

Question 2

which is the weakest of all 3 branches? why?

Answer 2

judicial branch, they aren’t in charge of the Purse or The Sword. They can only apply the law when a case is brought to them

Question 3

What does the 3rd article of the constitution talk about?

Answer 3

creates judicial branches in the US

Question 4

What is the judicial branch?

Answer 4

A system of courts that looks at law and applies it to different cases

Question 5

Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution talks about what?

Answer 5

it creates the federal courts and the Supreme court and 1 chief justice.
-Also speaks about judges holding office for the rest of their lives. their pay cannot decrease, only increase.

Question 6

What does Section 2 of article 3 talk about?

Answer 6

it talks about the powers of the judicial branch.

• The supreme court has original jurisdiction
• crimes have to be tried by juries, unless the defendant doesn’t want

Question 7

What does section 3 of article 3 talk about?

Answer 7

Only talks about treason.

• treason is when someone tries to attack of wage war against the US,
• to prove that someone has committed treason there must be at least 2 witnesses.

Question 8

The supreme court might be above politics except for the fact that

Answer 8

court judgments are influenced by the political principles of the justices

Question 9

According to Hamilton, the judiciary has neither the power of _______ nor the power of ______

Answer 9

nor the power of force, nor the power of will

Question 10

how did circuit courts get their name?

Answer 10

judges would “ride circuit” on horseback or in carriages to hear cases

Question 11

Whats the role of the judiciary branch?

Answer 11

to resolve disputes

Question 12

what does it mean by “judges only rule on a case by case basis”?

Answer 12

they only rule on cases that are brought to them by third parties

Question 13

what is judicial review?

Answer 13

the power of all courts to declare actions of the government unconstitutional

Question 14

what is the Role Of Precedent?

Answer 14

the decisions of higher courts control actions of lower courts..
-lower courts must follow precedents (rulings and reasoning of previous legal cases) of higher courts.

Question 15

Where are most criminal and civil cases heard?

Answer 15

State courts.(98%)

Question 16

What legal system does the US rely on?

Answer 16

Commons Law

Question 17

What are precedents?

Answer 17

the rulings and reasoning of previous cases

Question 18

What does the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution mean for the states?

Answer 18

The laws of all states must conform to the Constitution, its amendments, and related federal judicial rulings

Question 19

What would happen if cases were decided based on written law alone?

Answer 19

inconsistencies might emerge in the rulings issued by different judges.

Question 20

What does it mean for a court to have appellate jurisdiction?

Answer 20

The court gets to hear a case that was tried by a different court already

Question 21

in an appeal process…

Answer 21

no new evidence or facts may be introduced

Question 22

Justice of the peace courts have original jurisdiction over what types of cases?

Answer 22

class C misdemeanor cases and small claims

Question 23

how many municipal cases in 2012?

Answer 23

926

Question 24

What do texas district courts have original jurisdiction to?

Answer 24

all felony cases, divorce cases, and cases involving titles of land

Question 25

what are basic problems with public policy?

Answer 25

• people have unlimited wants
• government has limited resources
• reality check

Question 26

nutrition labels on food products and published home loan rates are examples of what?

Answer 26

protective regulatory policies

Question 27

people e benefits of regulations but not the what?

Answer 27

cost

Question 28

what was poverty line percentage In 2012?

Answer 28

15%

Question 29

what are entitlements?

Answer 29

programs offering benefits to all those who qualify for assistance

Question 30

what do protective regulatory policies do?

Answer 30

supply information or prohibit certain activities (ex. cigarette warnings, food labeling)

Question 31

what do distributive policies do?

Answer 31

Distribute tax money to public work projects such as roads, airports, etc

Question 32

What are redistributive laws?

Answer 32

take tax money from one group and provide goods or services to another group