the constitution gives congress power over the supreme court to
a.make the court a part of the executive branch
b.change its original jurisdiction
*c*rewrite legislation it feels the court has misinterpretated
what can influence major shifts in the supreme court position on broad issues?
a.change in membership of the court
b.political trends
c.public opinion
*d* a,b,c
the federal district courts are
a.courts of original jurisdiction
b.the only federal court that regularly use juries to determine the outcome of cases
c.the court that, in practice, make the final decision in the most federal cases
*all of the above
the highest law in the land in the U.S is
a. declaration of independance,b. the supreme court,*c*the constitution, d.u.s treaties
the primary function of the judiciary is to
a.make law, b.hear cases from state courts, c.administer law,*d*interperet law
the judiciary in the united states
*a*is a co-equal branch of government with the legislative and executive branches
b.is part of the executive branch headed by the attorney general
c. is a tool of the legislative branch
is the case bush v gore over the issue of whether to count "undervotes" in florida, the U.S supreme court
a.supported the decision of the florida court to have a statewide manual count
b.ruled all the votes in florida null and void resulting in the electoral votesof florida not being counted
*c*ended the 2000 presidential elections by not permitting the manual recount of under votes
the judiciary is a political as well as a legal institution
t/f?
true
a concurring opinion of the court is always on the side of the majority
true
the senate can fail to confirm a presidential nominee to the federal court system
true
the U.S supreme court is is chosen through a partisan political process which assures that the justices are demographicly representative of the general charicteristics of the U.S population
false
the supreme courts power of judicial reveiw anables it to keep the congress or president from building power by unconstitutional means
true
the U.S judiciary is protected from outside influence of groups and the general public
false
the U.S constitution requires that federal judges have legal training
false
a dissenting opinion is a supreme court written opinion that differs from the majority decision and opinion
true
the doctrine of judicial activism can have both liberal and conservative perspective
true
all federal courts are bound by federal statues, adminstrative regulations, and treaties
true
the supreme court is responsive to public opinion, although much less that congress and the president