Module XIV Assessment

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

B  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.

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

D  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

A  dissenting opinion

B  majority opinion

C  concurring opinion

D  brief

A  make mostly liberal rulings

B  refuse to rule on a case

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

D  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

A  lobbying the justices

B  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

C  giving monetary contributions to the justices

D  filing amicus curiae briefs

A  five

B  all

C  four

D  six

A  one chief justice and eight associate justices

B  one chief justice and five associate justices

C  nine associate justices

D  thirteen justices

A  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

B  elected by citizens

C  chosen by Congress

D  confirmed by the president

A  laissez-faire

B  amicus curiae

C  judicial activism

D  stare decisis

A  district and circuit courts

B  state and local courts

C  civil and common courts

D  state and federal courts

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

B  it involves a criminal matter

C  a governor requests a federal court hearing

D  it involves a federal question

A  civil law only

B  both civil and criminal law

C  criminal law only

D  neither civil nor criminal law

A  by the United States Supreme Court

B  by the United States district courts

C  at the state level

D  by the circuit courts

A  strongest

B  least dangerous

C  most political

D  most unnecessary

A  a court of original jurisdiction

B  a trial court

C  a district court

D  an appeals court