Federal district courts have jurisdiction over
a. cases involving ambassadors or other public ministers.
b. Constitutional issues.
c. federal question suits.
d. minor federal crimes and many civil matters.
e. serious federal crimes.
Question -2-The three-tiered federal court structure was created by
a. Baron de Montesquieu.
b. the Constitution.
c. the first justices of the Supreme Court.
d. the Judiciary Act of 1789.
e. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Question -3-According to the Constitution, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over cases in which
a. the economy is involved.
b. a state is a party.
c. money does not change hands.
d. civil courts have not been involved.
e. a major corporation is the defendant.
Question -4-In order to ensure that judges would exercise their independent judgments, the framers established
a. restrictions on impeachments of judges.
b. a life term and a prohibition on cutting judicial salaries.
c. prohibitions on communications between the judicial and legislative branches.
d. a solicitor general to oversee the integrity of the judicial branch.
e. a condition allowing judges to read their own policy preferences into the Constitution.
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