US Judicial Review 5

Question 1

What does 'ripeness' mean as a jurisdictional requirement for judicial review?

Accepted Answer

The dispute must be sufficiently developed and immediate for court resolution

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The case must be appealed from a lower court

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The plaintiff must be a natural person

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The case must involve a federal question

Question 2

Under the 'mootness' doctrine, what happens to a case during judicial review?

Accepted Answer

Courts dismiss the case if the controversy has ceased to exist

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Courts grant an automatic stay

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Courts award nominal damages automatically

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Courts defer to the executive branch

Question 3

Which New Deal-era constitutional crisis most directly threatened the independence of judicial review?

Accepted Answer

President Roosevelt's Court-packing plan of 1937

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The Steel Seizure Case

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The Schechter Poultry decision

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Humphrey's Executor v. United States

Question 4

What is the 'Exceptions Clause' and how does it relate to judicial review?

Accepted Answer

It gives Congress power to limit the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction

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It allows states to opt out of federal court jurisdiction

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It exempts executive orders from judicial review

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It prevents review of treaties

Question 5

Which doctrine holds that a court cannot review a matter that has already been finally decided by a prior judgment?

Accepted Answer

Res judicata

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Stare decisis

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Collateral estoppel

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Laches

Question 6

When a federal court declares a statute unconstitutional, what is the immediate effect on that statute?

Accepted Answer

It is unenforceable but not formally deleted from the books

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It is immediately repealed by Congress

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The President must sign a rescission order

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It becomes a state law automatically

Question 7

What principle does the term 'judicial supremacy' refer to in the context of constitutional interpretation?

Accepted Answer

The idea that the Supreme Court has the final and authoritative word on constitutional meaning

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The notion that federal courts outrank state courts on all matters

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The rule that the Chief Justice can veto legislation

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The doctrine that courts can appoint executive officers