Judiciary

Question 1

What is the structure of US courts

Answer 1

• US Supreme Court
  -US Court of Appeals
  -US district courts

Question 2

What is layed out about the judiciary in the constitution

Answer 2

Congress can ordain and establish new courts
Judges hold office for life in good behaviour

No mention of judicial activism
No provision of number of judges

Question 3

6 feature of the membership of the SC

Answer 3

8 judges
1 chief judges
All have an ideological stance
9 number was set by congress
FDR threat to pack the cour
They hold office for life

Question 4

Presidents appoint judges who they share what with

Answer 4

Judicial philosophy

Question 5

What does judicial philosophy mean

Answer 5

Ideological stance whether they are conservative or liberal

Question 6

How many women in the Supreme Court

Answer 6

3/9 all left wing

Question 7

What is a strict constructionist

Answer 7

Justices who interpret the constitution literally and stresses the retention of power by individual states

Question 8

What is an origins list

Answer 8

A judge who interprets the constitution in line with meaning and intent of the founding fathers

Question 9

Living constitution

Answer 9

Dynamic living document which should be interpreted and taken account of the views of todays society

Question 10

Examples of president appointing based on judicial philosophy

Answer 10

Obama appointment of sotomayor and kagan

Question 11

What is the basis of judicial review

Answer 11

There is no constitutional basis

Question 12

What did the Marburg v Madison 1803 allow the court to rule

Answer 12

Acts of congress
Executive actions
State law

Question 13

What is the most likely pool of recruitment to the SC

Answer 13

The federal court of appeals

Question 14

Who does an SC nominee first appear to

Answer 14

The senate judiciary committee where hearings are held and they vote to recommend further scitom

Question 15

What is wrong with the appointment process of SC

Answer 15

Politicisation of president, media and senate

Question 16

ideological composition

Answer 16

6 republican
3 liberal

Question 17

confirmation process of Justices

Answer 17

Article II- the president nominates a candidate and the senate provides advice and consent before shown before the court

first referred to the SJC
undergo investigations and hearings
a simple majority is needed for confirmation after a floor debate

Question 18

brown v board of education 1854

Answer 18

resulted in desegregation of public schools across the country

Question 19

what court was brown v board under

Answer 19

warren court

Question 20

what court was roe v wade under

Answer 20

burger court 1969

Question 21

bush v gore was under which state

Answer 21

Rehnquist court 2005

Question 22

bush v gore

Answer 22

landmark decision settled by SC over presidential election
bush though FL recount was unconsitutional and in violation of the 14th amendment argued that article 2 had been violated by interpreting the law and making a new law

Question 23

bush v gore ruling outcome

Answer 23

SC declared recount of FL was in violation of equal protection clause
recounts suspended and state was declared for bush
bush was elected president at EC