50 question quiz

U.S. Government

Quiz #7 Ch14 – The Courts (Judicial Branch)

1. Judicial decision making often relies on the policy of stare decisis; what is it?

2. Due to the fact that the United State has a common law tradition, the courts set case law; what is it?

3. There are 13 U.S. courts of appeals divided into numbered districts. Where is Florida’s federal circuit court of appeals located in and what number is it?

4. What is a class-action lawsuit?

5. Most cases reach the Supreme Court by a writ of certiorari; what is it?

6. What happens when there are only eight justice (a justice has recused, resigned, retired, or died) and the court’s decision is split four to four?

7. What is the two-step process, involving the other two branches, by which a justice is seated on the Supreme Court?

8. Who is the current chief justice of the Supreme Court and who are the three female justices presently on the Court?

9. What is Judicial Review in regard to the courts?

10. What are two of checks on the power of the courts?