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  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  Congress may rewrite a law the courts have declared unconstitutional.

D  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

A  majority opinion

B  concurring opinion

C  brief

D  dissenting opinion

A  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

B  make mostly liberal rulings

C  refuse to rule on a case

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

A  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

B  filing amicus curiae briefs

C  lobbying the justices

D  giving monetary contributions to the justices

A  six

B  four

C  all

D  five

A  one chief justice and eight associate justices

B  thirteen justices

C  one chief justice and five associate justices

D  nine associate justices

A  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

B  confirmed by the president

C  chosen by Congress

D  elected by citizens

A  stare decisis

B  amicus curiae

C  judicial activism

D  laissez-faire

A  district and circuit courts

B  state and federal courts

C  civil and common 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  criminal law only

B  civil law only

C  neither civil nor criminal law

D  both civil and criminal law

A  by the United States district courts

B  at the state level

C  by the circuit courts

D  by the United States Supreme Court

A  most political

B  least dangerous

C  most unnecessary

D  strongest

A  an appeals court

B  a trial court

C  a district court

D  a court of original jurisdiction