Module XIV Assessment

A  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

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 rewrite a law the courts have declared unconstitutional.

A  brief

B  dissenting opinion

C  majority opinion

D  concurring opinion

A  refuse to rule on a case

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

C  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

D  make mostly liberal rulings

A  filing amicus curiae briefs

B  lobbying the justices

C  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

D  giving monetary contributions to the justices

A  all

B  four

C  five

D  six

A  one chief justice and eight associate justices

B  thirteen justices

C  one chief justice and five associate justices

D  nine associate justices

A  elected by citizens

B  confirmed by the president

C  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

D  chosen by Congress

A  laissez-faire

B  stare decisis

C  amicus curiae

D  judicial activism

A  state and local courts

B  district and circuit courts

C  civil and common courts

D  state and federal courts

A  it involves a criminal matter

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

C  it involves a federal question

D  a governor requests a federal court hearing

A  both civil and criminal law

B  neither civil nor criminal law

C  civil law only

D  criminal law only

A  at the state level

B  by the circuit courts

C  by the United States Supreme Court

D  by the United States district courts

A  least dangerous

B  most unnecessary

C  most political

D  strongest

A  a district court

B  a court of original jurisdiction

C  an appeals court

D  a trial court