Question 1

Federal judges are

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A)  nominated by the Senate and approved by both houses of Congress.
B)  nominated by the president and approved by the Senate.
C)  nominated by the president and approved by both houses of Congress.
D)  elected by majority vote in their respective districts.
E)  elected by majority vote in their respective states.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

Which of the following Supreme Court justices was appointed during the Clinton administration?

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A)  Sandra Day O'Connor
B)  Clarence Thomas
C)  Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D)  Robert Bork
E)  John Paul StevensF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

In which of the following ways is the Supreme Court less diverse than in the past?

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A)  There are fewer women on the current Court than in some previous years.
B)  Far more appointees come from elective office.
C)  Far more appointees come from the appellate courts.
D)  There are fewer minority judges on the current Court than in previous years.
E)  The average age of Court members is much higher than it has been in previous years.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Compared to Supreme Court nominations,those for the lower federal courts

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A)  are,although much greater in number,irrelevant to a president's policy agenda.
B)  are not subject to partisan consideration.
C)  have typically involved nominees who held elective office,particularly a seat in the U.S.Senate.
D)  do not involve recommendations from senators or House members.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The long-serving chief justice that established the principle of judicial review was

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A)  Charles Evans Hughes.
B)  Hugo Black.
C)  Clarence Thomas.
D)  John Marshall.
E)  Benjamin Cardozo.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 6

Of the 13 courts of appeals in the United States,

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A)  all are assigned geographically to groups of states to deal with disputes over state laws.
B)  one is devoted to issues involving military tribunals and the District of Columbia.
C)  five have jurisdiction over disputes involving foreign territories or countries and the District of Columbia.
D)  eleven have jurisdiction over a "circuit" comprised of the district courts in anywhere from three to five states.
E)  three are devoted to dealing with disputes involving the overlapping contradiction between state and federal laws.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

The power of the Supreme Court is most apparent in its ability to

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A)  issue advisory opinions when Congress is considering a new bill.
B)  impeach federal judges who consistently ignore its rulings.
C)  declare another institution's action to be unconstitutional.
D)  override any decision of a state court.
E)  issue advisory opinions to the president on a regular basis.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the history of judicial activism and restraint in the U.S.?

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A)  John Marshall tried to shape the Court around the principal of judicial restraint.
B)  Judicial activism is sometimes unfairly associated with liberal justices.
C)  For a long period after the Civil War,the Court became activist by trying to heavily regulate economic expansion.
D)  The last two decades have seen a largely liberal Supreme Court act in activist ways.
E)  Judicial restraint has been the norm for the vast majority of time the Court has existed.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

What is the most common method in the states for the selection of judges?

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A)  appointment by the state supreme courts
B)  promotion from within the legal establishment
C)  appointment by the governor
D)  election to office
E)  appointment by state legislaturesF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

Opposition to the judiciary's creative policy-making role is a consistent tenet of judicial

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A)  activism.
B)  liberalism.
C)  restraint.
D)  conservatism.
E)  relativism.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

A written Supreme Court opinion that disagrees with what the majority of the justices decided is a(n)

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A)  majority opinion.
B)  plurality opinion.
C)  dissenting opinion.
D)  concurring opinion.
E)  adjunct opinion.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Although federal district courts are theoretically bound by Supreme Court precedents,they sometimes deviate because

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A)  the facts of a case are seldom precisely the same as those of similar cases decided by the Supreme Court.
B)  federal judges may decide a different legal reasoning is justified.
C)  ambiguities or unaddressed issues in Supreme Court rulings give lower courts some flexibility in deciding cases.
D)  of all these factors: The facts of a case are seldom precisely the same as those of similar cases decided by the Supreme Court; federal judges may a different legal reasoning is justified; and ambiguities or unaddressed issues in the Court's rulings give lower courts some flexibility in deciding cases.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

When asked if he had made any mistakes as president,________ replied,"Yes,two,and they are both sitting on the Supreme Court."

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A)  Ronald Reagan
B)  Jimmy Carter
C)  Richard Nixon
D)  Lyndon Johnson
E)  Dwight EisenhowerF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

The Supreme Court is likely to grant a hearing when a case involves

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A)  an issue of state law as opposed to an issue of federal law.
B)  an issue of private law as opposed to an issue of public law.
C)  an issue that is being decided inconsistently by the lower federal courts.
D)  the possibility that an innocent person has been wrongly convicted of a crime.
E)  an issue dealing with state constitutional law.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

There are ________ federal district courts.

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A)  2
B)  13
C)  50
D)  94
E)  435F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

In Citizens United v.Federal Election Commission,the Supreme Court

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A)  issued a decision that led to a decrease in political spending in campaigns.
B)  upheld the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
C)  ruled that corporations cannot legally be considered persons.
D)  illustrated that it is a political body.
E)  nullified the power of the Federal Election Commission to monitor campaign spending.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 17

________ was the first black justice to serve on the U.S.Supreme Court.

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A)  Clarence Thomas
B)  Antonin Scalia
C)  Robert Bork
D)  Thurgood Marshall
E)  Laurence TribeF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

Distinguish between the facts of a case and the relevant laws of a case.Discuss the three main sources of laws.

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Question 19

Over the last two decades,the Supreme Court can best be said to be practicing judicial

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A)  activism.
B)  liberalism.
C)  restraint.
D)  socialism.
E)  relativism.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following Supreme Court justices was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower?

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A)  Sandra Day O'Connor
B)  John Stevens
C)  Earl Warren
D)  Louis Brandeis
E)  David SouterF) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Exam 14: The Federal Judicial System: Applying the Law

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