Question 1

Among the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court there is (are)  __________ woman (women) .

Accepted Answer

A)   no
B)   one
C)   three
D)   four
E)   fiveF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

In 1974, the Supreme Court held that it would no longer hear class-action suits seeking monetary damages

Accepted Answer

A)   unless the case deals with civil rights issues.
B)   unless each and every ascertainable member of the class was individually notified of the case.
C)   unless both parties have exhausted all other legal avenues.
D)   unless both parties claim standing.
E)   None of the above is True.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing plan would have allowed him to name a new justice

Accepted Answer

A)   for every incumbent justice older than age seventy.
B)   once a year, irrespective of retirements.
C)   every time the court struck down one of his laws.
D)   to replace any incumbent justice older than age seventy.
E)   each time a justice removed himself/herself from a case.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Democratic judges are more likely to make __________ decisions than Republican judges.

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A)   quick
B)   timely
C)   traditional
D)   conservative
E)   liberalF) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

Federal courts can hear all cases

Accepted Answer

A)   that the judges would like to hear.
B)   that state legislators ask them to hear.
C)   arising under the Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties.
D)   required of them by state governments.
E)   required of them by the president.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 6

Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Sandra Day O'Connor are the only current female Supreme Court justices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

__________ is a legal concept that refers to who is entitled to bring a case.

Accepted Answer

A)   Standing
B)   Free shifting
C)   Certiorari
D)   Mandamus
E)   Habeas corpusF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

From the Civil War to the 1930s, the Supreme Court was primarily occupied with

Accepted Answer

A)   the civil rights of former slaves.
B)   economic regulation by government.
C)   the rights of the criminally accused.
D)   the balance of power between states and the federal government.
E)   First Amendment freedoms.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Legal periodicals such as Princeton Law Review and Cambridge Law Review are frequently consulted, and citations to them often appear in the Court's decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Supreme Court entered its most active period with the arrival of Chief Justice __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Warren
B)   Rehnquist
C)   Burger
D)   Taft
E)   WhiteF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

Great Britain has a strong tradition of judicial review.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg votes with a majority of Supreme Court justices on a particular case, even though her reasoning differs from the others. She may choose to express her reasons in a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   dissenting opinion.
B)   concurring opinion.
C)   opinion of the Court.
D)   per curiam opinion.
E)   plurality opinion.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Carefully explain the background and the Court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison.

Accepted Answer

President John Adams lost his bid for re...

Question 14

The Court of Military Appeals is an example of a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   constitutional court
B)   district court
C)   court of appeal
D)   legislative court
E)   supreme courtF) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 15

"Stare decisis" is usually translated as

Accepted Answer

A)   let the decision stand.
B)   standing against the decision.
C)   friend of the court.
D)   no probable jurisdiction.
E)   stern defense.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

Under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, a citizen cannot

Accepted Answer

A)   sue the government without its consent.
B)   bring two suits against one individual for the same crime.
C)   bring the same suit to courts in two different states.
D)   appeal a case that has already been ruled on by the Supreme Court.
E)   appeal a case that was decided more than one year earlier.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The function of the U.S. solicitor general is to

Accepted Answer

A)   approve every case the federal government presents to the Supreme Court.
B)   enforce the decisions of the Supreme Court.
C)   serve as the principal legal adviser, or counsel, to members of the Supreme Court.
D)   maintain order in the Supreme Court's courtroom.
E)   direct participants in oral argument before the Supreme Court.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 18

In Federalist paper No. 78, Hamilton described the Supreme Court as a branch of government that, if not checked my Congress, may be "dangerous."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The first chief justice of the Supreme was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   John Marshall
B)   Oliver Ellsworth
C)   Earl Warren
D)   John Jay
E)   Roger B. TaneyF) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

Define judicial review and note how many federal laws have been declared unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

Judicial review is the right of the fede...

Exam 16: The Judiciary

Legal periodicals such as Princeton Law Review and Cambridge Law Review are frequently consulted, and citations to them often appear in the Court's decision.

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__________ is a legal concept that refers to who is entitled to bring a case.

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The Court of Military Appeals is an example of a __________.

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Carefully explain the background and the Court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison.

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Federal courts can hear all cases

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Define judicial review and note how many federal laws have been declared unconstitutional.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg votes with a majority of Supreme Court justices on a particular case, even though her reasoning differs from the others. She may choose to express her reasons in a(n)

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Among the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court there is (are) __________ woman (women) .

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Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Sandra Day O'Connor are the only current female Supreme Court justices.

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