Test your knowledge of the Judicial Branch with C-SPAN in the Classroom's Judicial Branch quiz. All of the answers can be found within C-SPAN in the Classroom's judicial resources.
1. Which article in the U.S. Constitution established the judicial branch of government with the creation of the Supreme Court?
2. What is the power the judiciary has to "check and balance" the legislative and executive branches?
3. What founding document is the Supreme Court often called to interpret through its rulings?
4. If the Supreme Court rules a law passed by Congress as unconstitutional, what happens to the law?
5. How many justices serve on the Supreme Court (at one time)?
6. How does one get a job as a Supreme Court justice?
7. For how long can Supreme Court justices remain on the bench?
8. In what month and on what day does the Supreme Court convene, or meet to begin its term?
9. Are all Supreme Court Justices' verdicts unanimous?
10. Name at least two landmark Supreme Court rulings, with the year each took place and the issue addressed.
11. Does the Supreme Court have to agree to hear all of the cases it is asked to consider?
12. What are the trial courts in the federal system called?
13. What is the role of "precedents" when a court is ruling on a case?
14. What is the role of the twelve U.S. Court of Appeals?
15. In what federal judicial district is your school located?
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