Test 6

Question 1

What is the decision of a trial jury called?

Answer 1

verdict.

Question 2

What is a lawyer’s written argument?

Answer 2

briefs.

Question 3

What is a past decision involving a similar case?

Answer 3

precedents.

Question 4

what is a formal accusation against the accused?

Answer 4

an indictment.

Question 5

What do you call the person filing the lawsuit?

Answer 5

the plaintiff.

Question 6

What do you call the person named in the lawsuit?

Answer 6

the defendant.

Question 7

what is the right of a court to hear and decide a case?

Answer 7

Jurisdiction.

Question 8

what sets the accused free?

Answer 8

An acquittal.

Question 9

Who is one who appeals a case?

Answer 9

appellant.

Question 10

Who or what created the federal district courts?

Answer 10

The Judiciary Act of 1789.

Question 11

What type of courts are the Court of Appeals and the Court of international Trade?

Answer 11

Constitutional Courts.

Question 12

What type of courts are the Court of Federal Claims and the Tax Court?

Answer 12

legislative courts.

Question 13

In what type of case is the government the plaintiff?

Answer 13

Criminal Cases.

Question 14

What type of jury examines the evidence against the accused and determines whether it is sufficient to try the case?

Answer 14

A Grand Jury.

Question 15

How many justices are there currently on the supreme court?

Answer 15

nine.

Question 16

What does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction over?

Answer 16

ambassadors and states.

Question 17

What is the right of the Supreme Court to determine whether it will hear a case or not?

Answer 17

Discretionary Review.

Question 18

What is comprised of several federal judges and one Supreme Court justice?

Answer 18

Court of Appeals.

Question 19

Testimony from a witness to the crime is an example of what type of evidence?

Answer 19

direct evidence.

Question 20

An appeal to have the Supreme Court hear a case is made by what?

Answer 20

a writ of certiorari

Question 21

When do the Supreme Court’s term begin?

Answer 21

October.

Question 22

When the Supreme Court Justices meet in conference, who leads it?

Answer 22

the chief justice.

Question 23

If the Supreme Court’s opinion is split, what will they issue?

Answer 23

a majority opinion.

Question 24

What did the case of Marbury v. Madison establish?

Answer 24

The power of judicial review.

Question 25

Under what chief justice did the Supreme Court begin a philosophy of judicial activism?

Answer 25

Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Question 26

You Mom

Answer 26

The most amazing woman that has ever existed on the planet that I am so fucking lucky to have in my life. I owe her my entire being.