Chapter 10.2

1) How were Robert Borkʹs confirmation hearings different from those of other Supreme Court
nominees?
A) Robert Bork was the first African American nominee.
B) Robert Bork was the first Jewish nominee.
C) Robert Borkʹs confirmation hearings were more contentious.
D) Robert Borkʹs confirmation hearings were more focused on his legal prowess.
E) Robert Borkʹs confirmation hearings were the subject of a Supreme Court battle over
judicial filibusters.

2) All of the following are checks on the judiciary EXCEPT
A) Congress can alter the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
B) Court decisions can be reversed by constitutional amendment.
C) Congress can pardon those convicted by the courts.
D) Judges can be impeached and removed from office.
E) The president appoints judges with the ʺadvice and consentʺ of the Senate.

3) The Judiciary Act of 1789
A) created the Supreme Court and its jurisdictions.
B) established the state court structures.
C) established the basic structure of the federal court system.
D) granted the Supreme Court the power of judicial review.
E) required the states to abide by the Bill of Rights.

4) How many justices sat on the Supreme Court in its first incarnation?
A) six B) eight C) nine D) eleven E) thirteen

5) The first chief justice of the United States was
A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) James Wilson.
C) John Jay.
D) John Marshall.
E) Clarence Thomas.

6) In the case of ________, the Supreme Court ruled that it had the right to hear suits brought by
the citizens of one state against another under Article III, section 2.
A) Chisholm v. Georgia
B) Marbury v. Madison
C) Gibbons v. Ogden
D) Fletcher v. Peck
E) United States v. Libby

7) What does the Eleventh Amendment say?
A) A citizen of one state can not sue another state in federal court.
B) Congress has the power of judicial review.
C) The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review.
D) Congress can establish a national bank.
E) The Supreme Court ʺshall render Judgment in all Cases arising from violations of the
Constitutions of the Various States.ʺ

8) Initially, service on the Supreme Court was considered
A) luxurious.
B) a second job.
C) undignified.
D) a great honor.
E) the apex of oneʹs legal career.

9) In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court
A) established seriatim opinions.
B) outlawed per curium opinions.
C) made Congress the final arbiter of constitutionality.
D) declared state laws invalid.
E) broadly interpreted the necessary and proper clause.

10) John Marshall can best be described as a
A) Tory.
B) Whig.
C) Federalist.
D) Anti-Federalist.
E) Son of Liberty.