Module XIV Assessment

A  Senate approval is needed for the appointment of justices and federal judges, congress may rewrite a law the courts have declared unconstitutional, and congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions.

B  Senate approval is needed for the appointment of justices and federal judges and congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

C  Congress may rewrite a law the courts have declared unconstitutional.

D  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

A  dissenting opinion

B  brief

C  majority opinion

D  concurring opinion

A  refuse to rule on a case

B  make mostly liberal rulings

C  overrule any act of Congress he or she doesn’t like

D  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

A  giving monetary contributions to the justices

B  filing amicus curiae briefs

C  lobbying the justices

D  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

A  all

B  six

C  five

D  four

A  one chief justice and eight associate justices

B  thirteen justices

C  nine associate justices

D  one chief justice and five associate justices

A  confirmed by the president

B  elected by citizens

C  chosen by Congress

D  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

A  judicial activism

B  amicus curiae

C  laissez-faire

D  stare decisis

A  state and local courts

B  civil and common courts

C  state and federal courts

D  district and circuit courts

A  it involves a federal question

B  a governor requests a federal court hearing

C  the state courts are unable to come up with a decision

D  it involves a criminal matter

A  criminal law only

B  neither civil nor criminal law

C  both civil and criminal law

D  civil law only

A  by the United States district courts

B  by the circuit courts

C  at the state level

D  by the United States Supreme Court

A  most unnecessary

B  strongest

C  least dangerous

D  most political

A  a district court

B  a court of original jurisdiction

C  a trial court

D  an appeals court