chapter 15: Federal Courts

Question 1

Accurate info of certiorari

Answer 1

Grant certiorari for 5% case applied

Question 2

Strike clearly violate constitution

Answer 2

Judicial restraint

Question 3

First referred to

Answer 3

Senate Judiciary Committee

Question 4

Process known as ________, presidents allow senators from state in which judicial vacancy occurs

Answer 4

Senatorial courtesy

Question 5

In which courts majority of cases tried

Answer 5

State

Question 6

When lower court decision is appealed to supreme court

Answer 6

Supreme court will not hear the appeal

Question 7

Writ of ______ is request to supreme court to review lower court decision

Answer 7

Certiorari

Question 8

Which represents federal government in supreme court

Answer 8

solicitor general

Question 9

Which is a way that interest groups attempt to influence supreme court decisions

Answer 9

Filing amicus curiae briefs

Question 10

. Review decisions from lower court

Answer 10

Appellate court

Question 11

Not a check of power of federal courts

Answer 11

Voters can oust federal judges in national elections

Question 12

Congress influence federal judiciary

Answer 12

Change appellate jurisdiction of federal courts

Question 13

Statement of legal reasoning

Answer 13

Opinion

Question 14

Most control over cases it hears

Answer 14

US Supreme Court

Question 15

The doctrine of original intent

Answer 15

Intention of framer

Question 16

Authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issues in a particular case

Answer 16

Jurisdiction

Question 17

Which best explains principle of stare decisis

Answer 17

Encourages judges to follow precedent when deciding cases

Question 18

Which federal courts are trials conducted

Answer 18

District courts

Question 19

Active shaping public policy

Answer 19

Warren

Question 20

Judges should use power broadly to further justice

Answer 20

Judicial activism

Question 21

Judicial review permits court to overrule all of the following except

Answer 21

Bill of rights

Question 22

US supreme court case that established judicial review

Answer 22

Marbury v. Madison

Question 23

Most litigation (taking legal action)

Answer 23

U.S. District Court

Question 24

Opinion written by justice in majority with additional considerations that are important

Answer 24

Concurring

Question 25

True of most federal judges appointed by the president

Answer 25

They serve for life on good behavior unless impeached and convicted by Congress

Question 26

Who attempted to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court in 1937

Answer 26

President Roosevelt

Question 27

Difference between Appellate VS District

Answer 27

Review previous court decision

Question 28

Power of the courts to interpret, overturn, actions of executive and legislative branches

Answer 28

Judicial review

Question 29

Nominations to the supreme court are approved by

Answer 29

Simple majority vote in senate only

Question 30

True of amicus curiae briefs

Answer 30

Used by interest groups to lobby courts

Question 31

To influence policy making by federal courts, president cannot

Answer 31

Fire and replace federal judges

Question 32

A way congress can influence federal judiciary

Answer 32

Change appellate jurisdiction of federal courts

Question 33

Justices on the Supreme Court provide legal reasoning for their decision in written ______

Answer 33

opinion

Question 34

The rule of four

Answer 34

at least 4 of the justices have to agree to put a case on the Court’s docket

Question 35

The court of appeals must decide cases from the lower court while the Supreme Court _____

Answer 35

get to choose its cases

Question 36

One of the original jurisdictions of the Supreme Court is __

Answer 36

controversy between states.

Question 37

who nominate the US federal justices

Answer 37

the president

Question 38

The doctrine of original intent holds that…

Answer 38

the meaning of the Constitution depends on the intention of the Framers

Question 39

The case that struck down state-mandated segregation is…

Answer 39

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 40

Which court was the most active in shaping public policy

Answer 40

warren

Question 41

How and whether judicial decisions are translated into actual policy is known as ____________

Answer 41

Judicial Legislation

Question 42

The plaintiff must have a ______ in order to sustain a lawsuit in court

Answer 42

standing