Module XIV Assessment

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

B  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

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

D  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.

A  concurring opinion

B  brief

C  dissenting opinion

D  majority opinion

A  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

B  refuse to rule on a case

C  make mostly liberal rulings

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

A  lobbying the justices

B  giving monetary contributions to the justices

C  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

D  filing amicus curiae briefs

A  four

B  six

C  all

D  five

A  one chief justice and eight associate justices

B  nine associate justices

C  thirteen 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  amicus curiae

B  judicial activism

C  stare decisis

D  laissez-faire

A  civil and common courts

B  district and circuit courts

C  state and federal courts

D  state and local courts

A  it involves a federal question

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

C  a governor requests a federal court hearing

D  it involves a criminal matter

A  civil law only

B  both civil and criminal law

C  neither civil nor criminal law

D  criminal law only

A  by the United States Supreme Court

B  by the circuit courts

C  by the United States district courts

D  at the state level

A  most unnecessary

B  least dangerous

C  strongest

D  most political

A  a trial court

B  an appeals court

C  a court of original jurisdiction

D  a district court