Judicial Review Review
Quiz by Alison Russell
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
10 questions
Show answers
- Q1A political scientist would most likely use Federalist 78 to support which of the following?The need for judicial term limitsThe independent nature of the national judiciaryThe primacy of the state court systemThe argument against judicial review30s
- Q2After which of the following instances can the Supreme Court utilize the power of judicial review?After a dissenting opinion has been authoredAfter a majority opinion has been authoredAfter an executive order is issued and challenged in the courtsAfter a presidential appointment30s
- Q3Which of the following would be the direct result for a justice if he or she were to break the "good behavior" requirement of Article III of the Constitution?ImpeachmentImmediate RemovalCriminal TrialCivil trial30s
- Q4In which of the following ways can a president best increase the likelihood that a nominee of the Supreme Court will be confirmed?Appoint someone who has not served as a member of the judiciary before.Appoint someone well-liked by members of the House of RepresentativesAppoint someone with little prior legal experienceAppoint someone who is not ideologically extreme30s
- Q5What early American event led most directly to the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v Madison?The establishment of the Second National BankThe Judiciary Act of 1789The proposal of the Bill of RightsThe establishment of the Treasury of the United States30s
- Q6What claim accurately describes why many are in favor of divided government?The majority party is less likely to seek compromiseGovernment tends to be more proactive, experiencing fewer gridlocks.The proliferation of undesirable legislation can be kept to a minimumThe majority part can dictate policy with little opposition30s
- Q7With a short, two year term of office, members of the House should be more responsive to the will of the American people in order to carry out their constitutional duty ofAdjudicating impeachment proceedingsgiving approval to major presidential appointmentsratifying all treaties with foreign governmentsinitiating all revenue and appropriations bills45s
- Q8In Federalist 51 James Madison claims that the framers of the Constitutioncreated separate branches of government designed to best protect the rights of the citizenryhoped that a strong unitary government would suffice to limit the occurrence of factionalismdesignated the legislature to the be the weakest of the three brancheswere most concerned about individual states usurping the liberty of individuals45s
- Q9Which of the following contemporary political scenarios best reflects the concept of participatory democracy?Town Hall meetingsPresidential ballots cast by the electoral collegeA meeting held by the National Rifle AssociationThe President's delivery of the state of the union45s
- Q10The US v Lopez case is different than McCulloch v Maryland because in the Lopez casethe court was unwilling to apply the Full Faith and Credit Clause to support the state's argumentsthe state government did not have legal standing to bring the case to the high courta 4-4 deadlocked decision was the resultthe court ruled that the Commerce Clause could not be used to expand federal powers45s