Supreme Court Quiz (open book)

• What article is the Judicial Branch in the Constitution?• The Congress makes the laws, the President enforces the laws,

the Supreme Court _____________ the laws.

• Name the 3 levels of the Federal Court System.• Define jurisdiction• Define original jurisdiction• Define appellate jurisdiction• Name 1 type of case that the Federal Court System has

jurisdiction in.• Name 1 Supreme Court case and briefly describe it.

Principles of the National Government

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

BUT, what keeps one branch of government from taking over another?

Popular Sovereignty

• Popular Sovereignty: power lies with the people

Rule of Law

• The law applies to everyone, even the people in government

• http://ruleoflaw-vba.org/rolvideo.html

• "Ours is a government of liberty by, through and under the law. No man is above it, and no man is below it."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Separation of Powers

• Separation of Powers: authority is split between legislative, executive, and judicial

• Montesquieu: government should be split into different parts

(Do Not Write!)

• How do we keep one branch from taking all the power?

Checks and Balances

• Checks and Balances: each branch of government able to check the other branches

Federalism

• Federalism: power is shared btwn the national and state gov’ts– Expressed Powers:

powers specifically granted by the Constitution to the National Gov’t

– Reserved Powers: powers not given to the National Gov’t and reserved to the states

Supremacy of the Constitution

• Article VI (6)• Neither National or

State Law can contradict the Constitution