The document provides a study guide for the judicial branch unit with 49 questions covering topics such as the structure of the federal court system, types of courts, Supreme Court procedures and history, important court cases, and the criminal trial process. Some of the questions addressed include: which article establishes the judicial branch; what types of federal courts are located in major cities; how many justices are on the Supreme Court; what is the difference between civil rights and liberties; examples of constitutional amendments addressed by important court cases; and the steps involved in a criminal trial from grand jury to jury deliberation.

1. Study Guide ---Unit 5 Judicial Branch
Name date period
Describe or answer the following…
1. Which article of the Constitution is the
judicial branch in?
2. How do the cases flow?
3. What types of federal courts are in most
major cities?
4. Who can re-hear cases?
5. How many justices (all together) are on
the Supreme Court of the United States
(SCOTUS)?
6. How long do they sit on the bench?
7. SCOTUS decides if laws are…
8. How many cases are heard?
9. How many justices must agree to hear a
case?
10. What is the difference between civil
rights and liberties?
11. What are some examples of civil rights?
12. What are some examples of civil
liberties?
13. What was the court like in the first
decade?
14. Who was the first major Chief Justice?
15. Loose Constructionist
16. Strict Constructionist
17. Marbury v. Madison*
18. Federal law is > than …
19. What must be honored?
20. The Taney Court was…
21. Dredd Scott v. Sanford*
22. Plessey v. Ferguson*
23. Court of 1910-1930 was…
24. Laws ruled unconstitutional under that
court…

2. 25. 1930-1953 court was filled with…
26. Japanese sue over internment, Court rules
internment is…
27. Warren Court. Warren used to be
governor of…
28. Brown v. Board involved the issue of…*
29. Miranda v. Arizona reaffirmed two
rights…*
30. Burger Court determined there is a loose
right to…
31. Griswold v. Connecticut said …
32. Roe v. Wade*
33. Texas v. Johnson*
34. Crime
35. Felony
36. Misdemeanor
37. What are the different types of law?
38. What are the major sources of law?
39. What is at the beginning of a court case?
40. Who must go first in a case?
41. What kinds of evidence are there?
42. What can the defense do?
43. Juries must vote guilty beyond a…
44. Look over reading and important terms.
45. Mapp v. Ohio*
46. Tinker v. De Moines*
47. What are the major points of
Amendments 1st
, 4th
, 5th
6th
, and 14th
?
48. Describe the steps of a trial…
a. Intro- The American trial system is
fair to both the victims and the
accused (prove this).
b. What does a Grand Jury do?
c. Opening statement----What is it ?
d. Examination
i. What goes on?
ii. What and who is examined?
iii. How do they do this?
e. Conclusion
i. What do the lawyers do to
finish?
ii. What does the jury have to
decide in a criminal trial (and
what if they cannot decide)?

3. *Cases from notes and reading/charts.