Unit 6: Judicial Branch, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights

Question 1

What is the definition of jurisdiction?

Accepted Answer

the authority of a court to hear a case

Question 2

Who presides over the debate when the Justices of the Supreme Court are deliberating a case?

Accepted Answer

the Chief Justice

Question 3

What is the purpose of the Lemon test?

Accepted Answer

to decide which religious schools are eligible for State aid

Question 4

Which 1st amendment clause sets up a wall separating church and state?

Accepted Answer

Establishment Clause

Question 5

When the government makes rules about demonstrations, the rules

Accepted Answer

must not be related to the subject of the demonstration

Question 6

Action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination.

Accepted Answer

Affirmative Action

Question 7

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the Court's attitude toward prior restraint?

Accepted Answer

It is unconstitutional except national security/public order

Question 8

A justice who acts in a strict interpretation of the Constitution is practicing judicial

Accepted Answer

restraint

Question 9

Why is Marbury v. Madison considered a landmark case?

Accepted Answer

it allowed the Supreme Court the power of judicial review

Question 10

What does the 9th amendment protect?

Accepted Answer

individual rights not listed in the Constitution

Question 11

Right to silence given to individuals at time of arrest and before police interrogation.

Accepted Answer

Miranda Rule

Question 12

States have given reporters some ability to protect their sources through

Accepted Answer

Shield Laws

Question 13

A formal charge of a serious crime.

Accepted Answer

Indictment

Question 14

Why would a Supreme Court justice write a dissenting opinion?

Accepted Answer

to explain why he or she disagrees with the majority opinion

Question 15

Which amendment extends the Bill of Rights to the States?

Accepted Answer

14th

Question 16

Who creates the inferior courts under the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Congress

Question 17

The Supreme Court case that essentially invalidated the decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson.

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 18

Reasonable grounds for making a search.

Accepted Answer

Probable Cause

Question 19

The Supreme Court case that supported that evidence not obtained legally was inadmissible.

Accepted Answer

Mapp v. Ohio

Question 20

What is the definition of precedent?

Accepted Answer

the opinion that is to be followed in cases for the future

Question 21

How many justices does it take to agree to hear a case in the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 22

This Supreme Court case supported that the right to privacy didn't totally apply to schools.

Accepted Answer

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

Question 23

Who has original jurisdiction over most federal court cases?

Accepted Answer

District Courts

Question 24

Why was the federal Court of Appeals created?

Accepted Answer

to relieve the Supreme Court of the burden of so many cases

Question 25

Fair treatment through the judicial process.

Accepted Answer

Due Process

Unit 6: Judicial Branch, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights

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Unit 6: Judicial Branch, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights

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