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  • abolished slavery
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    5
    13
    6
  • The final stage of the Supreme Court's decision-making process is called what?
    Veteran's Day
    Verdict Day
    Opinion Day
    Labor Day
  • What case regarding abotion illustrated radical judicial activism
    Dred Scott v. Sandford
    Roe v. Wade
    Lemon v. Kurtzman
    Marbury v. Madison
  • What term describes a statement of an individual citizen's legal privileges
    Bill of Rights
    Constitution
    Ammendments
    Declaration of Independence
  • Which are the most active of the federal judiciary courts?
    Supreme Court
    U.S Circuit Curts
    U.S Courts of appeals
    U.S District Courts
  • The power to decide whether or not to hear a case.
    evidence
    discretionary review
    appeal
    Exclusionary Rule
  • Which term refers to an official elxaminiation of available evidence in a court of law?
    verdict
    brief
    case
    trial
  • a lawyer's written argument
    evidence
    brief
    appeal
    precedent
  • deals with lawsuits filed against states in federal courts
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    8
    10
    13
  • what professional interest group has the most influence on the President regarding his choice of a federal judge?
    constitutional courts
    A.B.A
    OSHA
    Bill of Rights
  • What law restricted the sale of handguns by requiring a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun
    Brady Law
    Volstead Law
    National Prohibition Law
    Judiciary Law
  • What case asserted for the Supreme Court the right of a judicial review
    Marble vs. Marbury
    Marbury vs. Maddy
    Maddy vs. Marble
    Marbury vs. Madison
  • the idea that the S.C interprets and applies the Const. according to the original understanding of who wrote/ratified it
    judicial restraint
    discretionary review
    exlusionary rule
    judicial activism
  • Which special military court are members of the armed forces tried in?
    district court
    appellate court
    claims court
    court-martial
  • What term refers to a petition for the Supreme Court to hear a case?
    writ of mandamus
    writ of appeal
    amicus curiae
    writ of certiorari
  • a person will not be forced to testiry against himself in court
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    8
    13
    6
  • The highest court in the land is the United States?
    Court-Martial
    District Court
    Supreme Court
    Court of Appeals
  • briefs filed by individuals who aren't parties in a particular case but still have an interest in the case's outcome?
    litigant
    amicus curiae
    Concurring
    writ of certiorari
  • the right to "speedy and public trial"
    6
    3
    2
    5
  • what term means a crim so serious that it is puishable by death
    capital crime
    felony
    misdemeanor
    treason
  • Who was the chief justice that ruled in the previously mentioned case?
    Madison
    John Marshall
    Marbury
    John Henry
  • Who are the chief decision makers of the federal judiciary?
    lawyers
    juries
    senators
    judges
  • a written statement given by a judge gives a law officer a legal right to search for a certain thing in a specific place
    appeal
    warrant
    summons
    brief
  • granted women the right to vote
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    19
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  • What term describes the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law, or an action based upon that law, unconstututional?
    judicial restraint
    discretionary review
    judicial review
    judicial activism
  • the source of federal civil rights legislation
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    19
    18
    21
  • Which of the following is not a type of judicial opinion issued by the Supreme Court?
    majority opinion
    unanimous opinion
    appellate opinon
    dissenting opinion
  • The right of a court to review the ruling of a lower court?
    Original Jurisdiction
    Appellate Jurisdiction
    Opinion Day
    jurisdiction
  • prohibits excessive punishments
    11
    10
    7
    8
  • Which of the following was not a part of the historical background for the Bill of Rights?
    Massachusetts Body of Liberties
    English Bill of Rights
    Virginia Declaration of Rights
    Judiciary Act of 1789
  • guarantees trial by jury in civil cases
    8
    19
    6
    7
  • states that evidence obtained illegally is not admissible in court
    appeal
    trial jury
    exclusionary rule
    judicial restraint
  • prohibited alcoholic beverages
    13
    10
    11
    18
  • reserves the powers not delegated to the national government by the Constitution for the states and the people
    2
    10
    4
    8
  • refers to the armed citizenry
    court-martial
    Army
    militia
    Marshall Law
  • past decisions involving similar cases
    precedent
    evidence
    brief
    appeal
  • a request that a higher court review the case records and verdict of the lower court
    brief
    evidence
    warrant
    appeal
  • material presented as proof at a trial
    appeal
    warrant
    appellate jurisdiction
    evidence
  • assembled to examine evidence to determine whether there is sufficient evidence against the accused to try a case
    judicial review
    grand jury
    trail jury
    judicila activism
  • guratantees the right to keep and bear arms
    4
    9
    2
    3
  • What word refers to the right of a court to hear and decide a case?
    jurisdiction
    judicial review
    trial
    appellate jurisdiction
  • Which of the following is not guaranteed by the First Amendment
    freedom of trial by jury
    freedom of assembly
    freedom of speech
    freedom of the press
  • the ideas that the Supreme Court should go beyond the Constitution to change societal behavior
    judicial restraine
    judicial activism
    brief
    appeal
  • How many justices currently serve on the Supreme Court
    9
    10
    8
    19
  • Under which chief justice did the Supreme Court adopt the philosophy of judicial activism?
    William Rehnquist
    John Marshall
    Warren Burger
    Earl Warren
  • What word means to destroy a person's reputation by false writing?
    slander
    libel
    restraint
    treason
  • Serves to remind the justices on the Supreme Court that differences of opnion do not preclude harmony of purpose.
    precedent
    high-five
    special handshake
    conference handshake
  • assembled to hear a case in court and to issue a verdict
    appeal
    grand jury
    judicial activism
    trial jury
  • What kind of courts are created by Congress under the authority given it in ArticleIII?
    U.S District Courts
    Court of Appelas
    Circuit Courts
    constitutional courts
  • Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes
    5
    4
    3
    2
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