Judicial Branch

Question 0

What is the major body of the Judicial Branch?

Answer 0

The Supreme Court

Question 1

What is the job of the judicial branch?

Answer 1

To interpret or explain laws

Question 2

Where is the Supreme Court building located?

Answer 2

Washington D.C

Question 3

How many justices are in the Supreme Court?

Answer 3

9 (1 Chief Justice, 8 associate justices)

Question 4

Supreme Court

Answer 4

The highest and most important court in the US.

Question 5

Who appoints and approves the justices of the Supreme Court?

Answer 5

The President appoints, the Senate approves

Question 6

How long does each justice serve for the Supreme Court?

Answer 6

They serve for life.

Question 7

How many of the justices must agree to a decision when deciding a case?

Answer 7

5 out of the 9

Question 8

Who can interfere with the judicial branch?

Answer 8

No other branch

Question 9

District Courts

Answer 9

Lowest Federal courts under the judicial system

Question 10

How many District courts are there?

Answer 10

94

Question 11

Appeal

Answer 11

To hear for a second time

Question 12

What happens in a Court of Appeals?

Answer 12

A case is heard for a second time to reverse the original judgement.

Question 13

How appeals courts are there?

Answer 13

12

Question 14

What is the highest court in any state?

Answer 14

The state Supreme Court

Question 15

Who feeds cases to the Supreme Court?

Answer 15

State supreme courts, The Court of Military Appeals, the US Tax Court, and the US Claims Court

Question 16

Who is our current Chief Justice?

Answer 16

John Roberts Jr.

Question 17

What types of cases does the Supreme Court hear? Hint: Known as original jurisdiction

Answer 17

1. Involving the Constitution
2. The US government
3. Two or more state governments
4. Citizens of different states
5. A state or it’s citizens versus a foreign country or foreign citizen.

Question 18

Original jurisdiction

Answer 18

The first time a case is heard

Question 19

Appellate jurisdiction

Answer 19

The second or greater times a case has been heard

Question 20

Writ of Certiorari (Writ of Cert)

Answer 20

A formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case.

Question 21

Jurisdiction

Answer 21

The right to hear a case

Question 22

Judicial review

Answer 22

The process of checking laws to see if they’re constitutional

Question 23

What case established judicial review?

Answer 23

Marbury versus Madison

Question 24

Treason

Answer 24

Defined as carrying on war against the US and giving help to the nation’s enemies, it is a very serious crime

Question 25

Two ways to be convicted of treason

Answer 25

1. The accused could make a confession in a courtroom

2. Two witnesses must testify to the same story.

Question 26

Year that judicial review was first used

Answer 26

1803

Question 27

Unconstitutional

Answer 27

Goes against the Constitution

Question 28

Least important to greatest importance Federal Courts

Answer 28

District Courts (least important, 94 of them), Court of Appeals (where cases are heard for the second time), Supreme Courts (most important, one of them)