Chapter 8 quiz questions
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- How many judges are on the Supreme Court?
- 9
- Name the 1 woman to serve on the Supreme Court
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- The leading justice is called the _____ ______
- cheif justice
- How long do justices serve?
- until the justice dies or resigns
- How do you become a justice on the Supreme Court?
- the president appoints you with the consent of the senate
- Name the 1 African American justice
- Thurgood Marshall
- Explain what Marbury v. Madison said and why it was important
- the constitution is the supreme law of the land equalized the power between the branches
- How can the supreme court check the power mof the president and congress?
- declaring laws
- The supreme court has the power to interpret the ____
- laws
- How can congress change the power of the court?
- passing a new law or hanging one ruled unconstitutional
- how did president andrew jackson check the power of the court?
- he refused to inforce a court ruling
- one limit on the courts power is that it can only hear which cases?
- cases that come to it; cases that appear to it
- The court only accepts cases involving a ________ question
- federal
- Appeals courts don't hold trials. Name three ways they decide an appeal
- demand the case, reverse the decision, or uphold the original decision
- list from lowest to highest the 3 levels of the u.s. court system
- district, appeals, supreme
- there are _____ u.s. courts of appeals
- 12
- the 13 court of appeal for the federal circuit has nationwide jurisdiction. what cases does this court hear?
- paten law or international trade
- trails are held in the _____ courts
- district
- ________ courts have original jurisdiction over most cases
- district
- all defendants are considered ________ until proven guilty
- innocent
- The courts are part of the ______ branch of government
- judicial
- the court system was created under article ___ of the constitution
- 3
- define jurisdiction
- a courts authority to hear and decide cases