Question 1

Which of the following issues articles of impeachment for federal judges?

Accepted Answer

A)   the House
B)   the Senate
C)   the Supreme Court
D)   the Attorney General of the United States
E)   the president

Question 2

Which of the following statements is the most accurate regarding state law?

Accepted Answer

A)   When there is a conflict between state and federal law, federal law always rules.
B)   Each state government is sovereign and has the authority to make and enforce laws.
C)   Citizens are only subject to the laws in the state in which they reside.
D)   State laws are not subject to review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
E)   All these answers are correct.

Question 3

The leading justice on the Supreme Court, who provides both organizational and intellectual leadership, is known as the

Accepted Answer

A)   chief justice.
B)   associate justice.
C)   official justice.
D)   advisory justice
E)   head justice.

Question 4

Who files suit in a case dealing with a violation of criminal law?

Accepted Answer

A)   the victim
B)   any concerned citizen
C)   the plaintiff
D)   the government
E)   the accuser

Question 5

In the process of administrative rule making, which of the following uses their discretion to establish rules and regulations to implement policy?

Accepted Answer

A)   federal bureaucrats
B)   the Supreme Court
C)   federal appeals courts
D)   state high courts
E)   the Supreme Court and state high courts

Question 6

Which of the following issues serves as the basis for most common civil lawsuits?

Accepted Answer

A)   the family
B)   contractual matters
C)   commercial disputes
D)   medical malpractice
E)   traffic accidents

Question 7

Define and discuss the principle of stare decisis.

Accepted Answer

To construct the American judicial syste...

Question 8

Who is charged with drafting pool memos, which summarize the facts, describe the legal arguments, and make a recommendation as to whether the court should take the case?

Accepted Answer

A)   the chief justice
B)   the associate justices
C)   the Attorney General of the United States
D)   Supreme Court clerks
E)   the U.S. Attorney's Office in each state

Question 9

Discuss judicial restraint, and why some judges choose to practice it.

Accepted Answer

Some judges, following from the notion t...

Question 10

The U.S. circuit courts of appeals

Accepted Answer

A)   hold trials to determine the evidence.
B)   review the legal procedures of a preceding case.
C)   are courts of discretionary jurisdiction.
D)   are constitutional courts of last resort.
E)   decide all cases after an oral hearing on the matter.

Question 11

The Judiciary Act of 1789 did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   gave the district courts exclusive appellate jurisdiction
B)   created circuit courts with geographic jurisdictions that matched state boundaries
C)   created four regional federal courts
D)   gave Congress the power to organize the federal court system
E)   created a federal court system with three tiers

Question 12

A request to the Supreme Court that they review a case that was already decided is done via a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   discuss list.
B)   writ of certiorari.
C)   certiorari petition.
D)   amicus curiae.
E)   brief.

Question 13

The landmark case Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health established which of the following individual rights?

Accepted Answer

A)   the right to discontinue food and hydration without government interference
B)   the right to end life support without government interference
C)   the right to deny resuscitation without government interference
D)   the right to deny blood and plasma transfusions without government interference
E)   the right to cite religion as justification for refusal of treatment without government interference

Question 14

Which of the following Supreme Court appointees were nominated by President Obama?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sonia Sotomayor and Samuel Alito
B)   Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor
C)   John Roberts and Samuel Alito
D)   John Roberts and Elena Kagan
E)   John Paul Stevens and David Souter

Question 15

Article I of the Constitution grants ________ the right to control the Supreme Court's appellate docket.

Accepted Answer

A)   Congress
B)   the Senate
C)   the Supreme Court
D)   the Attorney General of the United States
E)   the president

Question 16

The authority of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of governmental action is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   jurisdiction.
B)   judicial review.
C)   precedent.
D)   common law.
E)   stare decisis

Question 17

Which of the following statements about administrative rule making is NOT accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is a quasi-legislative process.
B)   The rules that result from administrative rule making have the force of law.
C)   Administrative rules can be put into effect upon legislative approval.
D)   Administrative rule making gives bureaucrats discretion to establish the necessary rules and regulations to implement policy.
E)   It fleshes out the broad principles of statutory law.

Question 18

In a civil lawsuit, negligence that causes harm to another person's body or property is known as

Accepted Answer

A)   a tort.
B)   a statutory violation.
C)   certiorari.
D)   stare decisis.
E)   common law.

Question 19

Which of the following is/are given power under the Constitution to grant individual pardons?

Accepted Answer

A)   the House
B)   the Senate
C)   the Supreme Court
D)   the federal circuit courts of appeals
E)   the president

Question 20

The term symbolic representation refers to which of the following in the selection of federal judges?

Accepted Answer

A)   judicial qualifications of the candidate
B)   the candidate's ideological views
C)   the demographic represented by the candidate
D)   opinions of constituents regarding the candidate
E)   All these answers are correct.

Exam 15: The Judiciary

The term symbolic representation refers to which of the following in the selection of federal judges?

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The Judiciary Act of 1789 did which of the following?

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Who files suit in a case dealing with a violation of criminal law?

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Who is charged with drafting pool memos, which summarize the facts, describe the legal arguments, and make a recommendation as to whether the court should take the case?

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Which of the following statements is the most accurate regarding state law?

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The U.S. circuit courts of appeals

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In the process of administrative rule making, which of the following uses their discretion to establish rules and regulations to implement policy?

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The landmark case Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health established which of the following individual rights?

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Article I of the Constitution grants ________ the right to control the Supreme Court's appellate docket.

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A request to the Supreme Court that they review a case that was already decided is done via a(n)

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Discuss judicial restraint, and why some judges choose to practice it.

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Which of the following is/are given power under the Constitution to grant individual pardons?

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The authority of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of governmental action is known as

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Which of the following issues serves as the basis for most common civil lawsuits?

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Define and discuss the principle of stare decisis.

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Which of the following Supreme Court appointees were nominated by President Obama?

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