Ten Minute Quiz Anagnoson Chapter 7

A  It encourages judicial candidates to seek funding support from organized interests.

B  It prohibits judicial candidates from seeking funding from private entities.

C  It requires judicial candidates to rely more on advertising.

D  It requires campaign staff to compete more for top staffer positions.

A  state legislature.

B  attorney general.

C  Speaker of the Assembly.

D  Commission on Judicial Appointments.

A  judicial review.

B  federalism.

C  checks and balances.

D  separation of powers.

A  appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

B  plea bargaining.

C  clemency granted by the governor.

D  incarceration.

A  state criminal courts

B  state civil courts

C  only federal district courts

D  only state courts of appeals

A  the secretary of state

B  the state controller

C  state judges

D  the governor

A  Citizens must gather enough signatures to place a judicial candidate’s name on the ballot; if they succeed, the candidate is placed before voters statewide.

B  Judicial candidates must face off in partisan, competitive elections. The winner, usually the Democratic candidate, can become a judge in the California judiciary.

C  In a retention election, the Commission on Judicial Appointments determines whether or not a judge is qualified to serve another term; two-thirds of the Commission must approve.

D  After appointment by the governor and the Commission on Judicial Appointments, voters decide, in nonpartisan and noncompetitive elections, whether the judge should serve another term.

A  judicial discretion

B  judicial independence

C  appellate jurisdiction

D  judicial accountability

A  high caseload.

B  expanded jurisdiction.

C  new administrative positions.

D  judicial accountability.

A  a recall election initiated by the voters

B  removal by the governor

C  agreement between the Speaker of the Assembly and the attorney general

D  censure by the state legislature