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1. The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision

A. Advanced civil rights for minorities
B. Upheld the constitutionality of the national bank
C. Limited Presidential control of foreign policy
D. Established the power of judicial review

2. The majority of the cases heard by the United States Supreme Court come to the Court because of its constitutional power to

A. Exercise jurisdiction in legal situations involving foreign governments
B. Advise Congress on the legality of bills
C. Mediate disagreements between states
D. Act on decisions appealed from lower courts

3. The Judicial Branch consists of __________.

A. The President
B. The Congress
C. All the state court
D. One Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may establish

4. The authority to hear certain cases in called jurisdiction of the court. The Federal Courts have jurisdiction

A. Over cases involving state law
B. When the cases deal with political party leaders
C. In approving the President's Cabinet appointments
D. Over cases that involve Federal Law

5. Judicial Review permits the Supreme Court to

A. Declare a National holiday
B. Declare laws and actions of the local, state, or national governments unconstitutional
C. Change an Article of the Constitution
D. To hear appeals regarding taxation.