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  concurring opinion

B  brief

C  dissenting opinion

D  majority opinion

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

B  make mostly liberal rulings

C  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

D  refuse to rule on a case

A  filing amicus curiae briefs

B  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

C  lobbying the justices

D  giving monetary contributions to the justices

A  all

B  five

C  four

D  six

A  one chief justice and eight associate justices

B  thirteen justices

C  nine associate justices

D  one chief justice and five associate justices

A  chosen by Congress

B  confirmed by the president

C  elected by citizens

D  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

A  judicial activism

B  amicus curiae

C  laissez-faire

D  stare decisis

A  district and circuit courts

B  civil and common courts

C  state and federal courts

D  state and local courts

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

B  a governor requests a federal court hearing

C  it involves a criminal matter

D  it involves a federal question

A  both civil and criminal law

B  civil law only

C  criminal law only

D  neither civil nor criminal law

A  at the state level

B  by the United States district courts

C  by the United States Supreme Court

D  by the circuit courts

A  least dangerous

B  strongest

C  most political

D  most unnecessary

A  a trial court

B  an appeals court

C  a district court

D  a court of original jurisdiction