Political Science 355 - American National, State, and Local Governments » Fall 2021 » Ten Minute Quiz Morone and Kersh Chapter 13

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Question #1
Today there are more than ______lawyers in the United States.
A.   10 million
B.   5 million
C.   12 million
D.   1.1 million
Question #2
The idea that a corporation was viewed as a legal person meant
A.   that corporations were protected under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
B.   that corporations did not have to pay federal taxes.
C.   that corporations could use their own lawyers during trial.
D.   that corporations were protected under the equal protection clause of the Thirteenth Amendment.
Question #3
A justice that agrees with the majority opinion but for different reasons is known as
A.   a circulatory opinion.
B.   a concurrent opinion.
C.   a dissenting opinion.
D.   an opposite opinion.
Question #4
Judicial cases today may be important tomorrow because they establish the concept of
A.   civil law.
B.   precedent.
C.   legal formation.
D.   judicial review.
Question #5
Judicial review is __________in the Constitution.
A.   reflected through the Judiciary Act of 1789
B.   not mentioned
C.   vaguely mentioned
D.   clearly mentioned
Question #6
Circuit courts review cases decided in
A.   Military Courts
B.   Supreme Court
C.   Bankruptcy Courts
D.   District Courts
Question #7
Supreme Court clerks are usually
A.   recent law school graduates
B.   Harvard Law professors
C.   lawyers between firms
D.   first year law students
Question #8
Judicial review allows the courts to
A.   check the military.
B.   check the executive and legislative branches, if they have exceeded constitutional authority.
C.   check only the executive branch, if it has exceeded constitutional authority.
D.   check only Congress, if it has exceeded constitutional authority.
Question #9
The principle of judicial review is traced back to the case of
A.   Gibbons v. Ogden.
B.   Plessy v. Ferguson.
C.   Marbury v. Madison.
D.   McCullough v. Maryland.
Question #10
Appellate courts hear cases from the
A.   Supreme Court.
B.   courts of upper jurisdiction.
C.   lower courts.
D.   courts of dual jurisdiction.

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