Ch 14 The Courts
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- Q1The opportunity for the president to appoint members to the federal judiciary is valuable because __________.a majority of presidents have been able to make more than five appointments to the bench while in officethe Court is able to move swiftly to begin ruling in favor of the president’s ideologyrulings related to redistricting and election laws will be altered to favor the president’s political partythe political views of the president will continue to be institutionalized long after they have left the White House30s
- Q2One effective tool that Congress has at its disposal for controlling the federal courts is the power to __________.impeach judges who back policies opposed by Congresslimit the funds that are necessary to carry out a court rulinglimit the funds that are necessary to carry out a court rulingveto decisions of the courts30s
- Q3Which statement regarding statutes and administrative regulations is most accurate?The court is responsible for enforcing laws and regulations.The work of the courts consists of interpreting laws and regulations.The laws and regulations that are the focus of the courts are criminal in nature.Laws and regulations are created by the court when deciding a case.30s
- Q4Which statement regarding the Roberts Court is most accurate?The Court has increased the number of cases reviewed each year when compared to the Rehnquist Court.TheCourt has issued conservative opinions on cases involving civil rights.The Court is more likely to vote based on their policy preferences than on judicial activism or restraint.The Court tilted toward a liberal ideology with the addition of Justices Sotomayor and Kagan.30s
- Q5As a means to avoid deciding some cases, the federal courts have developed a doctrine of __________.political questionprecedent-setting issueextrajudicial concernjudicial precedent30s
- Q6__________ are most likely to be considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.Laws passed by CongressAdministrative lawsLower court decisionsState laws30s
- Q7The power of the courts to determine whether a law or action by the other branches of government is constitutional is called __________.appellate review of factthe writ of judicial appealjudicial reviewprecedent30s
- Q8Which statement about the Supreme Court is true?Cases that are not heard during the regular annual term of the Supreme Court are allowed to stand based on the lower court’s decision.Congress has the discretion of determining the cases that the Supreme Court will hear.The Supreme Court can influence the nation’s policies by deciding to hear some types of cases and refusing to hear appeals in others.The cases that the Supreme Court reviews often involve issues between the executive branch and legislative branch.30s
- Q9The function of the U.S. solicitor general is to __________.positionsenforce the decisions of the Supreme Courtmaintain order in the Supreme Court’s courtroomapprove every case the federal government presents to the Supreme Court30s
- Q10Which of the following statements about Supreme Court decisions is true?Many states reacted to the Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London by passing legislation limiting the ability of government to take private property for redevelopment by private business.Although it has the power in theory, Congress has never reacted to a decision of the Supreme Court by initiating the constitutional amendment process.The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of laws designed to prohibit the burning of the American flag.The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.30s
- Q11Which statement about judicial appointment is true?The federal district courts have become a stepping stone to the Supreme Court, so presidents have taken more interest in these appointments.When selecting a judicial nominee, the president evaluates competence and political philosophy.A judicial nominee is required to testify before the Senate in a confirmation hearing.Nominations were under the complete control of the president until the Reagan administration.30s
- Q12Which statement about the Supreme Court is most accurate?President Franklin Roosevelt increased the number of justices on the Supreme Court to nine as part of his court-packing plan.The Supreme Court can serve as a trial court in cases affecting foreign diplomats and in cases in which the state is a party.When the Supreme Court came into existence in 1789, it had four justices, resulting in the nickname “the rule of four.”Article III of the Constitution empowered the Supreme Court to create lower federal courts.30s
- Q13Some scholars suggest that one of the reasons the Supreme Court hears fewer cases today than in the past is the __________.increased guidance issued by lower court judgesincreasing age and decreasing “vigor” of the Supreme Court justicescourt often groups similar cases into a single larger caseincreased influence of judges appointed by Democratic presidents30s
- Q14Spoken presentations by attorneys to the appellate court laying out the reasons why the court should rule in his or her client’s favor are known as __________.briefsoral argumentscriminal defensesaffirmation opinions30s
- Q15Congress can check the power of the federal judiciary in all of the following ways with the exception of __________.interpreting laws themselveschanging the number of judgesinitiating amendments of the US Constitutionn ot confirming nominees30s