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

Answer

Ripeness requires that a dispute be concrete and imminent enough for judicial resolution, not merely hypothetical or premature.

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

Answer

A case becomes moot when the legal controversy no longer exists, removing the court's jurisdiction to decide it.

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

Answer

FDR proposed adding up to six new justices to the Court after it struck down New Deal legislation, threatening to dilute its independent review power.

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

Answer

Article III's Exceptions Clause allows Congress to strip the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction, potentially limiting which decisions can be reviewed.

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

Answer

Res judicata (claim preclusion) bars relitigation of matters that were or could have been decided in a prior final judgment between the same parties.

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US Judicial Review 5