Reference no: EM132279501
1. The intermediate level Courts in the Federal System are the
A. Circuit Courts
B. District Courts
C. Courts of Appeal
D. Supreme Courts
E. both A and C
2. When a president issues a pronouncement upon the signing of a bill into law, this is called a(n)
A. executive agreement
B. executive privilege
C. signing statement
D. executive order
E. statutory delegation
3. A suit filed on behalf of a similarly situated class of people may refer to
A. individual lawsuits
B. class-action lawsuits
C. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
D. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
E. both B and C
4. Unanimous Opinions of the Court
A. are the most powerful
B. are Opinions whereby all Justices agree
C. are more difficult to overturn
D. all of the above
E. only A and C
5. An opinion of the SCOTUS in agreement with the Majority but that stresses other related issues may be a(n)
A. Concurring Opinion
B. Plurality Opinion
C. Unanimous Opinion
D. Dissenting Opinion
E. Majority Opinion
6. The authority of a court to hear a case first is called
A. constitutional jurisdiction
B. appellate jurisdiction
C. district jurisdiction
D. jurisprudence
E. original jurisdiction
7. When scholars and justices interpret the Constitution with the view that the courts should reject any active lawmaking functions and follow precedent, refers to
A. Jurisprudence
B. Judicial Activism
C. Judicial Restraint
D. Broad Constructionism
E. Strict Activism
8. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts is called
A. jurisprudence
B. original jurisdiction
C. constitutional jurisdiction
D. appellate jurisdiction
E. district jurisdiction