PSCI 1101 The Judiciary Test Questions and Answers All Correct
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PSCI 1101 The Judiciary
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PSCI 1101 The Judiciary
PSCI 1101 The Judiciary Test Questions and Answers All Correct
What are Basic Judicial Requirements - Answer-Each position in the judiciary, that is, federal, state, or local, has different requirements. However, all three levels of the judiciary have three basic requirements - jurisdiction, ve...
PSCI 1101 The Judiciary
Test Questions and
Answers All Correct
What are Basic Judicial Requirements - Answer-Each position in the judiciary, that is,
federal, state, or local, has different requirements. However, all three levels of the
judiciary have three basic requirements - jurisdiction, venue, and standing to sue.
What is Jurisdiction and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? - Answer-The
authority of a court to hear and decide a particular case.
What is Trial Court and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? - Answer-A
court in which trials are held and testimony is taken.
What is Federal Question and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? -
Answer-A question that pertains to the U.S. Constitution, acts of Congress, or treaties.
A federal question provides a basis for federal court jurisdiction.
What is Diversity of Citizenship and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? -
Answer-A basis for federal court jurisdiction over a lawsuit that arises when (1) the
parties in the lawsuit live in different states or when one of the parties is a foreign
government or a foreign citizen, and (2) the amount in controversy is more than
$75,000.
What is Standing to Sue and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? - Answer-
To bring a lawsuit before a court, a person must have standing to sue, or a sufficient
"stake" in the matter to justify bringing a suit.
-Thus, the party bringing the suit must have suffered a harm or been threatened with a
harm by the action at issue, and the issue must be justiciable.
What is Justiciable Controversy and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? -
Answer-A controversy involving a real issue that can be settled by a court, involving a
present claim made by one party and another party disputing it.
What is contempt of court and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? -
Answer-A ruling that a person has disobeyed a court order or has shown disrespect to
the court or to a judicial proceeding.
, --Parties involved in civil or criminal cases must comply with court procedural rules or
risk being held in contempt of court.
explain the the Federal Court System - Answer-The federal court system is a three-
tiered model consisting of U.S. district courts and specialized courts (trial courts), U.S.
courts of appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
What is a U.S. Court of Appeal - Answer-The U.S. Courts of Appeal hear appeals from
lower courts of both civil and criminal trials, but do not investigate the facts of a case.
Rather, the Appeals Courts investigate whether or not the law has been fairly and
correctly applied by the lower courts.
The Supreme Court - Answer-to interpret the meaning of a law, to decide whether a law
is relevant to a particular set of facts, or to rule on how a law should be applied.
What types of cases that make it to the Supreme Court - Answer-(1) the Constitution,
(2) violations of federal laws, (3) controversies between states, (4) disputes between
parties from different states, (5) suits by or against the federal government, (6) foreign
governments and treaties, (7) admiralty and ...
The Writ of Certiorari - Answer-An order from a higher court asking a lower court for the
record of a case.
To bring a case before the Supreme Court, a party may request that the Court issue a
writ of certiorari, often called "cert.
What is the Oral Argument - Answer-A spoken argument presented to a judge (or
justices) in person by an attorney on behalf of her or his client.
Conference - supreme court - Answer-After considering all this information, the justices
discuss the case in conference. The conference is strictly private—only the justices are
allowed in the room.
opinion - supreme court - Answer-A written statement by a court expressing the reasons
for its decision in a case.
When the Court has reached a decision, the chief justice, if in the majority, assigns the
task of writing the Court's opinion to one of the justices.
what is a Concurring Opinion - Answer-A statement written by a judge or justice who
agrees (concurs) with the court's decision, but for reasons different from those in the
majority opinion.
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