Exam 15: The Federal Judiciary

The Supreme Court is the only federal court that can hear appeals from state courts.

_________ has the power to establish lower courts, determine what cases courts can hear, and regulates which matters decided in lower courts the Supreme Court can review.

Which court represents the highest level to which a case involving a question of state law can be carried?

An opinion written by a Supreme Court justice who agrees with the ruling of the Court but not the reason behind it is a

Based on evidence presented in class, which of the following is true regarding judicial activism?

The Supreme Court asserted its power of judicial review in which of the following court cases?

An approach to judicial decision making in which a judge sets a constitutional provision alongside a statute in order to "decide whether the latter squares with the former" is known as

Like the elected branches of government, partisan polarization seems to have grown on the Supreme Court as well, with a marked increase in cases decided by one vote.

The attitudinal model suggest that judicial decision making is driven by

A Supreme Court justice who believes that the Court should defer policy making decisions to elected branches of government is a proponent of

Cases in U.S. Courts of Appeal are usually decided by

Federal appeals are typically heard "en banc," meaning that all of the judges in the circuit hear the case.

The view of judicial decision making in which judges set aside their own values and make decisions based solely on legal criteria is called

Presidential nominations to the federal courts must be approved by

The Constitution prohibits elected politicians from being nominated as Supreme Court justices.

The number of Supreme Court justices is:

A justice who interprets the Constitution by weighing the original concerns of the Founders is using

What is the most important consideration in the selection of Supreme Court justices?

The Supreme Court's exercise of judicial review is

New judgeships are