HAG Unit 5 Test Study Guide 1516

HAG Unit 5 test Study Guide 1516

1.  Know the names of the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court.

2.  What is one of the most important restrictions on the power/authority of the Court?

3.  A local crime committed in a city would be settled in ??? Court.

4.  What are the three primary reasons why crimes are committed?

5.  The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over what cases?

6.  How does the Court decide cases?

7.  What is original jurisdiction?

8.  What is a docket?

9.  Know all we discussed about writs of certiorari.

10.  What is the only federal court to have original as well as appellate jurisdiction?

11.  What is a federal judge’s term length?

12.  How do you get to be a federal judge?

13.  Know all the ways Congress can, if it wishes, exert influence on the Supreme Court.

14.  Who/what sets the term length for constitutional judges?

15.  The US Court of International Trade hears cases involving -- ?

16.  Which type of law in America is the source of our rights and privileges?

17.  People involved in a civil case can attempt to settle the case out of court through – ?

18.  What is precedence?

19.  In general, federal courts do not have jurisdiction over state law or state constitutions unless – unless what?

20.  Know the difference between procedural and substantive due process.

21.  What is a grand jury’s responsibility?

22.  We discussed two reasons why the Framers provided for life terms for federal judges. What are these reasons?

23.  What is the primary reason why federal District Courts (trial courts) shape policy?

24.  What is the correct order of the steps in a criminal trial?

25.  What types of cases are heard under family law?

26.  How does judicial restraint differ from judicial activism?

27.  What is an appellate judge’s primary concern when reviewing the facts of a trial court?

28.  What is the exclusionary rule?

29.  Know the several requirements for sitting on a jury.

30.  How is the number of Supreme Court justices determined?

31.  Name the only method available for removing a federal judge.

32.  Judges on these types of courts can be fired.