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ISS Judicial Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What branch of government interprets and defines laws? | Judicial Branch |
| What is the authority of a court to hear and decide a case called? | Jurisdiction |
| What system divides courts into federal and state levels? | Dual Court System |
| What court is created in Article III of the Constitution? | Supreme Court |
| What federal courts serve as trial courts? | District Courts |
| What federal courts review district court decisions? | Court of Appeals |
| What is the nickname for the Supreme Court because no further appeal exists? | Last Resort |
| What type of jurisdiction exists when only federal courts hear a case? | Exclusive Jurisdiction |
| What type of jurisdiction exists when both state and federal courts may hear a case? | Concurrent Jurisdiction |
| What type of jurisdiction means a court hears a case first? | Original Jurisdiction |
| What type of jurisdiction means reviewing a lower court decision? | Appellate Jurisdiction |
| What Supreme Court power allows laws to be declared unconstitutional? | Judicial Review |
| What principle requires lower courts to follow Supreme Court decisions? | Stare Decisis |
| What is a request for a higher court to review a lower court decision called? | Appeal |
| What is the final Supreme Court decision signed by at least five justices called? | Majority Opinion |
| What is an opinion written by a justice who disagrees with the majority called? | Dissenting Opinion |
| What is an opinion written by a justice who agrees with the result but not reasoning called? | Concurring Opinion |
| Who nominates federal judges? | President |
| Adams appointed midnight judges, Marbury’s commission was not delivered, and the Court struck down part of the Judiciary Act. Name the case. | Marbury v. Madison |
| Georgia extended state law into Cherokee territory and arrested a missionary for lacking a license. Name the case. | Worcester v. Georgia |
| What forced removal followed the ignored Worcester ruling? | Trail of Tears |
| An enslaved man lived in free territory and sued for freedom, but the Court ruled he was not a citizen. Name the case. | Dred Scott |
| In Dred Scott v. Sandford, enslaved people were classified as what under the Fifth Amendment? | Property |
| Louisiana required segregated railcars, and a mixed-race passenger was arrested for sitting in a white car. Name the case. | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| What doctrine allowing racial separation was created in Plessy? | Separate But Equal |
| What system of segregation expanded after Plessy? | Jim Crow |
| Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps during WWII after Pearl Harbor. Name the case. | Korematsu v. US |
| In Korematsu v. United States, what justification did the Court accept? | Military Necessity |
| Segregated public schools were challenged by the NAACP, and the Court ruled separate schools inherently unequal. Name the case. | Brown Board |
| In Brown v. Board, which clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was violated? | Equal Protection Clause |
| What national movement gained momentum after Brown? | Civil Rights Movement |
| A Florida defendant was denied a lawyer in a felony case because he could not afford one. Name the case. | Gideon v. Wainwright |
| What nationwide system expanded after Gideon? | Public Defender System |
| A suspect confessed without being informed of his rights during police questioning. Name the case. | Miranda v. Arizona |
| Students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War and were suspended. Name the case. | Tinker v. Des Moines |
| A vice principal searched a student’s purse for cigarettes and found drugs. Name the case. | NewJersey TLO |
| What legal standard replaced probable cause in school searches? | Reasonable Suspicion |
| What principle can be defined as the equal treatment of all citizens by the government? | Due Process |
| Which amendment guarantees citizens due process from the federal government? | 5th Amendment |
| Which amendment guarantees citizens due process from state and local governments? | 14th Amendment |
| Which Supreme Court case saw a Kentucky college fight to keep black and white students learning together even during the Jim Crow era? | Berea College v. Kentucky |
| In Berea College v. Kentucky, the ruling was that the college must stay ___________________ against its wishes. | Segregated |
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