Judicial Branch Quiz Study Guide
 Legislative branch: makes the laws
 Executive branch: carries out the laws
 Judicial branch: interprets the laws
 Supreme Court is the major body of the judicial branch; it is the highest, most important court in
the land
 Justices: judges
 Supreme Court is made up of 9 justices; consisting of one chief justice and eight associate
justices
 Justices serve for life; they can be removed from office by impeachment
 Lowest federal courts are district courts
 Jurisdiction: power to hear cases
 Writ of Cert: formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case
 Unconstitutional: law that goes against the Constitution of the United States
 Judicial review: process of checking the laws
 Treason: carrying on war against the U.S. and giving help to the nation’s enemies
 President appoints justices and the Senate approves the appointments