JUDICIAL BRANCH EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Judicial Review - ✔✔Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
✔✔brief - ✔✔a written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a
case
✔✔majority opinion - ✔✔a court opinion reflecting the views of the majority of the judges
✔✔concurring opinion - ✔✔An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court
ruling but differs on the reasoning.
✔✔dissenting opinion - ✔✔An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court
ruling.
✔✔solicitor general - ✔✔Chief lawyer of the federal government whose primary job is to
Screen requests for the Supreme Court
✔✔writ of certiorari - ✔✔An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a
case for review. The document submitted for seeking judicial review before the
Supreme Court
✔✔bench trial - ✔✔A trial before a judge without a jury
✔✔ appellate court - ✔✔court that generally reviews only findings of law made by lower
courts
✔✔jury - ✔✔a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence
presented in a court of law
✔✔verdict - ✔✔the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury
✔✔landmark case - ✔✔court case that is studied because it has historical and legal
significance
✔✔Judiciary - ✔✔judicial branch of government
✔✔Unconstitutional - ✔✔Contrary to what is permitted by the constitution
✔✔interpret - ✔✔to explain the meaning of something; the SC's main job is to interpret
the Constitution
✔✔appeal - ✔✔apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Judicial Review - ✔✔Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
✔✔brief - ✔✔a written document explaining the position of one side or the other in a
case
✔✔majority opinion - ✔✔a court opinion reflecting the views of the majority of the judges
✔✔concurring opinion - ✔✔An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court
ruling but differs on the reasoning.
✔✔dissenting opinion - ✔✔An opinion disagreeing with a majority in a Supreme Court
ruling.
✔✔solicitor general - ✔✔Chief lawyer of the federal government whose primary job is to
Screen requests for the Supreme Court
✔✔writ of certiorari - ✔✔An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a
case for review. The document submitted for seeking judicial review before the
Supreme Court
✔✔bench trial - ✔✔A trial before a judge without a jury
✔✔ appellate court - ✔✔court that generally reviews only findings of law made by lower
courts
✔✔jury - ✔✔a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence
presented in a court of law
✔✔verdict - ✔✔the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury
✔✔landmark case - ✔✔court case that is studied because it has historical and legal
significance
✔✔Judiciary - ✔✔judicial branch of government
✔✔Unconstitutional - ✔✔Contrary to what is permitted by the constitution
✔✔interpret - ✔✔to explain the meaning of something; the SC's main job is to interpret
the Constitution
✔✔appeal - ✔✔apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
