Chapter 10.1

1) What was the federal governmentʹs argument in front of the Supreme Court in Hamdi et al. v.
Rumsfeld?
A) Hamdi was denied his right to habeas corpus.
B) The U.S. government could hold Hamdi indefinitely, without formal charges, and
without access to a lawyer.
C) The president has the authority to suspend the Bill of Rights during wartime.
D) Hamdi was not entitled access to the American judicial system because he was not an
American citizen.
E) The military has a right to hold foreign nationals captured on the battlefield during
wartime.

2) What was the Supreme Courtʹs decision in Hamdi et al. v. Rumsfeld?
A) The president has ʺa blank checkʺ to deny civil liberties during wartime.
B) Citizens who are detained as enemy combatants have a right to challenge their captivity.
C) Those who are convicted of war crimes automatically revoke their citizenship rights.
D) Those detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba must be released ʺwith all deliberative speed.ʺ
E) Hamdi could be held indefinitely, as long as the president certified the detention was
necessary for national security.

3) What was the Supreme Courtʹs decision is Hamdan v. Rumsfeld?
A) The military tribunals created by George W. Bush were unconstitutional.
B) The military tribunals created by George W. Bush were permissible, but only during
wartime.
C) The military tribunals created by George W. Bush were permissible.
D) Those convicted by military tribunals had the right to appeal to the federal courts.
E) Hamdanʹs conviction by a military tribunal was permissible because he was declared an
enemy combatant.

4) Who is the ultimate authority on what the Constitution means?
A) the president
B) the solicitor general
C) the attorney general
D) the Supreme Court
E) Congress

5) Which branch did Alexander Hamilton call the ʺleast dangerous branchʺ?
A) Congress
B) the presidency
C) the bureaucracy
D) the military
E) the judiciary

6) What does the Constitution say about the salaries of federal judges?
A) Congress can raise or lower salaries at will.
B) Congress can raise a judgeʹs salary, but it can not lower it.
C) Congress can lower a judgeʹs salary, but it can not raise it.
D) Judgesʹ salaries should be commensurate with the salaries of those employed in the
private sector.
E) The Constitution is silent about judicial salaries.

7) Federal courts lower than the Supreme Court are established by
A) Article II.
B) judicial review.
C) Congress.
D) the Supreme Court.
E) the state legislatures.

8) In which decision did the Supreme Court declare that it could exercise judicial review over
acts of the national government?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Martin v. Hunterʹs Lessee
C) McCulloch v. Maryland
D) Gibbons v. Ogden
E) The People v. Larry Flint

9) In which decision did the Supreme Court declare that it could exercise judicial review over
acts of state governments?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Martin v. Hunterʹs Lessee
C) McCulloch v. Maryland
D) Gibbons v. Ogden
E) The People v. Larry Flint

10) What is the term of office for Supreme Court justices and federal judges?
A) 4 years B) 8 years C) 10 years D) 20 years E) life