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Government
Topic 7 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| guideline for future cases | precendent |
| opinion of the court | majority |
| SD is located here in circuit 8 for Appeals Courts | St. Louis |
| where a court case is first heard | jurisdiction |
| where cases are reviewed from a lower court | appellate court |
| explanation of the case by each lawyer | briefs |
| declaring laws unconstitutional | Judicial review |
| the way of petitioning the Supreme Court to hear the case | Writ of Certiorari |
| a court's list of cases to be heard | docket |
| Aberdeen | |
| location of State Supreme Court | Pierre |
| who appoints the federal court judge? | The president |
| who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice that presided over the case of Marbury vs. Madison, giving the Supreme Court the power of judicial review? | John Marshall |
| Which article of the Constitution created the National Judiciary? | article III |
| How much does a Supreme Court Justice get paid? | $213,900 |
| Who must approve those appointments? | the senate |
| Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? | John Roberts |
| Which of these people would you not find at a Supreme Court hearing: Judge, Juror, Defense Attorney, or Prosecuting Attorney? | juror |
| At what level of federal courts would you find most of the case workload? | district courts |
| Which state has more court of appeals circuits than any other state? | california |
| How many Federal district courts does South Dakota have? | 1 |
| Which of the three levels of federal courts is the trial court? | District Courts |
| How many judges sit on the Court of Appeals Bench? | panel of 6 judges in each circuit |
| How many judges sit on the Supreme Court Bench? | nine |
| Who is the only President to also serve as a Supreme Court Chief Justice? | William H. Taft |
| How many Supreme Court Judges have been impeached? | 1 - Samuel Chase |
| How many judges sit on the South Dakota Supreme Court? | 5 |
| Who is the South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice? | Steven Jensen |
| What are the three levels of Federal Courts? | 1) Supreme Court: Highest Court 2) Appeals Court: Helps the Supreme Court with case load 3) District or Lower Courts: Where cases which qualify, starts here. |
| Why is a federal court judge appointed for life? | to ensure judicial independence; allowing them to make decisions based on the law without fear of political pressure |
| List three types of cases where the federal courts have jurisdiction? | -violation of the constitution -violation of U.S. treaty -breaking of federal law |
| List three officers of a federal court | 1) Judge 2) U.S. Marshall 3) U.S. Attorney |
| Why are there an odd number of judges that sit on the Supreme Court Bench? | to prevent any ties from taking place |
| Why was the Court of Appeals created? | to take some of the workload off the Supreme court |
| List three kinds of Special Courts | 1) Claims Court: Money matters against the Gov’t 2) Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces: Deals with court marshals, or removal from the military 3) U.S. Territorial Courts: found in Guam, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico |
| What was the ORIGINAL purpose of the Supreme Court? | settle disputes between states |
| List five Supreme Court Justices | Clarence Thomas Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Amy coney Barrett Ketanji Brown Jackson |
| Give me one kind of situation where the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction | disputes between two or more states |
| How does a Supreme Court Justice receive the same amount of pay for the rest of his life after he retires? | if they serve for 15 years |
| What is the routine of the Supreme Court during the week? | Monday-Wednesday the court hears oral arguments Thursday and Friday is spent in Conference |
| How are Supreme Court Justices selected at the state level? | by election and appointment |
| Why are state judges selected the way they are? | allows the people to have a say making them more accessible to the people; also prevent judges from receiving political pressure and public opinion |
| Where specifically would you find the supreme court chambers, or the room they hear cases? | Washington D.C. in the Supreme Court building |
| location of district court in SD | Sioux falls |
| placing someone in fear w/o actual physical contact | assault |
| physical contact occurs with a weapon or part of the body | battery |
| killing someone | homicide |
| what are the levels of homicide? | a. 1st degree murder-premeditated killing. Planned b. 2nd degree murder-killing someone without just cause c. Manslaughter |
| someone is killed during the commission of another crime, where the intent was not to cause bodily injury or death | manslaughter |
| taking anything of value w/o violence | larceny |
| taking of something by force, or threat of violence | robbery |
| breaking into a building and plans to do something illegal inside | burglary |
| setting fire to something on purpose | arson |
| purposely damaging someone else's property | vandalism |
| taking someone else’s property or money by cheating or lying | fraud |
| stealing money that was placed in your care | embezzlement |
| betrayal of one's country | treason |
| people or groups of people use or say they will use violence in order to get what they want | terrorism |
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