Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
What is judicial review?
Answer: The power to declare federal laws, executive actions/orders, administrative laws, and state/local laws unconstitutional
2.
Who has the power of judicial review?
Answer: The Supreme Court
3.
Define strategic retirement.
Answer: The decision for a judge to retire while their party is in power to be replaced by someone ideologically similar
4.
Describe the philosophy of stare decisis.
Answer: \"Let the decision stand\" -- the idea that court decisions are based on precedents set by previous cases, and that these precedents should not be overturned.
5.
What is a caseload?
Answer: The cases heard by a court.
6.
What is the rule of four in the Supreme Court?
Answer: An informal rule that at least four judges must agree to hear a case before it is brought before the Supreme Court
7.
What does a writ of certiorari request?
Answer: Documents from lower courts used to inform the decision of a higher court on a case that has passed through both courts.
8.
What is a justiciable case?
Answer: A case that is capable of being decided by a court
9.
What does \"standing\" mean in terms of legal proceedings?
Answer: Being allowed to take a case to court
10.
What is a brief?
Answer: A written argument for a case
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