Module XIV Assessment

A  Senate approval is needed for the appointment of justices and federal judges, congress may rewrite a law the courts have declared unconstitutional, and congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions.

B  Senate approval is needed for the appointment of justices and federal judges and congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

C  Congress may withhold funding needed to implement court decisions. 

D  Congress may rewrite a law the courts have declared unconstitutional.

A  brief

B  concurring opinion

C  majority opinion

D  dissenting opinion

A  defer to the decisions of the elected branches of government

B  make mostly liberal rulings

C  overrule any act of Congress he or she doesn’t like

D  refuse to rule on a case

A  protesting in front of the Supreme Court building

B  giving monetary contributions to the justices

C  lobbying the justices

D  filing amicus curiae briefs

A  six

B  all

C  four

D  five

A  thirteen justices

B  one chief justice and five associate justices

C  nine associate justices

D  one chief justice and eight associate justices

A  confirmed by the president

B  elected by citizens

C  nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate

D  chosen by Congress

A  amicus curiae

B  laissez-faire

C  stare decisis

D  judicial activism

A  district and circuit courts

B  state and federal courts

C  civil and common courts

D  state and local courts

A  the state courts are unable to come up with a decision

B  a governor requests a federal court hearing

C  it involves a criminal matter

D  it involves a federal question

A  neither civil nor criminal law

B  criminal law only

C  civil law only

D  both civil and criminal law

A  at the state level

B  by the United States Supreme Court

C  by the United States district courts

D  by the circuit courts

A  most unnecessary

B  least dangerous

C  most political

D  strongest

A  an appeals court

B  a district court

C  a trial court

D  a court of original jurisdiction