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 and congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

C  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.

D  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

A  majority opinion

B  dissenting opinion

C  concurring opinion

D  brief

A  make mostly liberal rulings

B  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

C  refuse to rule on a case

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

A  lobbying the justices

B  giving monetary contributions to the justices

C  filing amicus curiae briefs

D  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

A  four

B  five

C  six

D  all

A  nine associate justices

B  one chief justice and five associate justices

C  one chief justice and eight associate justices

D  thirteen justices

A  chosen by Congress

B  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

C  confirmed by the president

D  elected by citizens

A  amicus curiae

B  stare decisis

C  judicial activism

D  laissez-faire

A  civil and common courts

B  state and federal courts

C  state and local courts

D  district and circuit courts

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

B  it involves a criminal matter

C  it involves a federal question

D  a governor requests a federal court hearing

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 district courts

B  by the circuit courts

C  by the United States Supreme Court

D  at the state level

A  strongest

B  most unnecessary

C  most political

D  least dangerous

A  a district court

B  a trial court

C  a court of original jurisdiction

D  an appeals court