2.3: CJ Ch 2.3 Multiple Choice Questions (19)
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Establishes the Supreme Court, and specifies how the lower courts in the federal system are to be created.
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Article III
- Judicial Activism
A state of a case where further legal proceedings will have no practical effect; the matter has become strictly academic and of no practical importance.
- Moot
- Conservative Decisions
- Liberal Decisions
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
The Sixth Amendment provides that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall…have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.”
- Conservative Decisions
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- Right to Counsel
- Standing
A political view that focuses on change and a tendency to disregard tradition as valuable.
- Conservative Decisions
- Liberal
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Right to Counsel
An ideological inclination to preserve the traditional or current order.
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Liberal
- Judicial Activism
- Conservative
A court that has the authority to hear only certain kinds of cases; usually used as a synonym of lower courts.
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Warren Court
- Limited Jurisdiction
- Judicial Restraint
The SCOTUS during the tenure of Earl Warren as Chief Justice (1953 to 1969); very liberal, and can be credited as a major force in the Civil Rights Revolution.
- Liberal Decisions
- Judicial Activism
- Warren Court
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Court decisions that can be viewed as upholding civil rights over public order.
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Liberal Decisions
- Warren Court
- Judicial Activism
A nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of freedoms from government tyranny in America.
- Right to Counsel
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Judicial Activism
- American Civil Liberties Union
Associate Justice of the SCOTUS who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988; known to be a swing vote in many of the courts 5-4 decisions.
- Moot
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- Justice Anthony Kennedy
- Justice Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the SCOTUS who was appointed by President Obama in 2010; tends to vote along liberal lines.
- Liberal
- Justice Anthony Kennedy
- Article III
- Justice Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the SCOTUS who was appointed by President Clinton in 1994; usually considered a moderate.
- Judicial Activism
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Conservative Decisions
- Moot
A judicial philosophy that holds that judges’ personal political beliefs should not influence court decisions.
- Limited Jurisdiction
- Right to Counsel
- Justice Stephen Breyer
- Judicial Restraint
A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court established its power of judicial review.
- Conservative Decisions
- Judicial Restraint
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Standing
Associate Justice of the SCOTUS appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993; tends to vote liberal.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- Liberal Decisions
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Standing
Associate Justice of the SCOTUS who was appointed by President Obama in 2009; tends to vote along liberal lines.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Moot
- Right to Counsel
Judicial decisions based on personal political beliefs rather than existing law.
- Conservative Decisions
- Liberal Decisions
- Judicial Activism
- Justice Elena Kagan
The idea that only the person harmed by an action can take a complaint about the action before a court.
- Right to Counsel
- Judicial Restraint
- Standing
- Justice Anthony Kennedy
Court decisions that align with the crime control model as opposed to the due process model.
- Conservative
- Conservative Decisions
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Justice Anthony Kennedy
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