Ten Minute Quiz Anagnoson Chapter 7

A  It requires campaign staff to compete more for top staffer positions.

B  It prohibits judicial candidates from seeking funding from private entities.

C  It requires judicial candidates to rely more on advertising.

D  It encourages judicial candidates to seek funding support from organized interests.

A  Commission on Judicial Appointments.

B  state legislature.

C  attorney general.

D  Speaker of the Assembly.

A  federalism.

B  separation of powers.

C  checks and balances.

D  judicial review.

A  clemency granted by the governor.

B  incarceration.

C  appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

D  plea bargaining.

A  state civil courts

B  only federal district courts

C  only state courts of appeals

D  state criminal courts

A  the state controller

B  the secretary of state

C  state judges

D  the governor

A  In a retention election, the Commission on Judicial Appointments determines whether or not a judge is qualified to serve another term; two-thirds of the Commission must approve.

B  Judicial candidates must face off in partisan, competitive elections. The winner, usually the Democratic candidate, can become a judge in the California judiciary.

C  Citizens must gather enough signatures to place a judicial candidate’s name on the ballot; if they succeed, the candidate is placed before voters statewide.

D  After appointment by the governor and the Commission on Judicial Appointments, voters decide, in nonpartisan and noncompetitive elections, whether the judge should serve another term.

A  appellate jurisdiction

B  judicial discretion

C  judicial independence

D  judicial accountability

A  judicial accountability.

B  new administrative positions.

C  expanded jurisdiction.

D  high caseload.

A  censure by the state legislature

B  a recall election initiated by the voters

C  agreement between the Speaker of the Assembly and the attorney general

D  removal by the governor