POLS 2311 EXAM 3 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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_________________ was considered by the framers to be the "least
dangerous branch." Ans✓✓✓The judicial branch
What is a precedent? Ans✓✓✓an earlier event or action that is regarded
as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar
circumstances.
ex: using actions from a previous case in a current case in court
In a ___________ case the government is always the
__________________. Ans✓✓✓Criminal ; plaintiff
____________ is used by courts to refer to a case that no longer requires
a resolution. Ans✓✓✓Mootness
Define a "plea bargain." Ans✓✓✓An agreement in a criminal case
between the prosecutor and defendant where the defendant agrees to
plead guilty to a charge in return for a shorter sentence or to drop all
other charges.
A ________________ requires the government to show cause for
holding someone in detention. Ans✓✓✓Writ of Habeas Corpus
, Which type of law deals with the breaking of a contract? Ans✓✓✓Civil
Law
A search of one's home by police without a legal warrant can be
challenged as a denial of ___________. Ans✓✓✓4th amendment rights
Which branch of the U. S. Government determines the size of the federal
court system? Ans✓✓✓Judicial Branch
The role of the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is
to ______________________. Ans✓✓✓preside over the Supreme Court
in its public sessions when the court is hearing arguments and during its
private conferences when it is discussing and deciding cases.
Judicial review is_______. Ans✓✓✓the power of the judiciary to review
and declare actions of the legislative and executive branches invalid or
unconstitutional.
Based on the __________________ the Supreme Court can review state
actions overall them if they are in conflict with the U. S. Constitution.
Ans✓✓✓supremacy clause
In what court case did the Supreme Court establish the principle of
judicial review? Ans✓✓✓Marbury vs. Madison
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
_________________ was considered by the framers to be the "least
dangerous branch." Ans✓✓✓The judicial branch
What is a precedent? Ans✓✓✓an earlier event or action that is regarded
as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar
circumstances.
ex: using actions from a previous case in a current case in court
In a ___________ case the government is always the
__________________. Ans✓✓✓Criminal ; plaintiff
____________ is used by courts to refer to a case that no longer requires
a resolution. Ans✓✓✓Mootness
Define a "plea bargain." Ans✓✓✓An agreement in a criminal case
between the prosecutor and defendant where the defendant agrees to
plead guilty to a charge in return for a shorter sentence or to drop all
other charges.
A ________________ requires the government to show cause for
holding someone in detention. Ans✓✓✓Writ of Habeas Corpus
, Which type of law deals with the breaking of a contract? Ans✓✓✓Civil
Law
A search of one's home by police without a legal warrant can be
challenged as a denial of ___________. Ans✓✓✓4th amendment rights
Which branch of the U. S. Government determines the size of the federal
court system? Ans✓✓✓Judicial Branch
The role of the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is
to ______________________. Ans✓✓✓preside over the Supreme Court
in its public sessions when the court is hearing arguments and during its
private conferences when it is discussing and deciding cases.
Judicial review is_______. Ans✓✓✓the power of the judiciary to review
and declare actions of the legislative and executive branches invalid or
unconstitutional.
Based on the __________________ the Supreme Court can review state
actions overall them if they are in conflict with the U. S. Constitution.
Ans✓✓✓supremacy clause
In what court case did the Supreme Court establish the principle of
judicial review? Ans✓✓✓Marbury vs. Madison
