aim: what do you need to know to succeed on the judiciary exam? take out hw packet what is a writ of...
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Aim: What do you need to know to succeed on the JUDICIARY exam?
TAKE OUT HW PACKET
• What is a writ of certiorari?• How does one become a federal
judge?• How long is the tenure of a federal
judge?• Why are federal judges appointed
not elected? Why do they serve for life in good behavior?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• What is contained in Article I, Section 8?…significance?
• What is the significance of McCulloch v. Maryland?
• What is the significance of Marbury v. Madison?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• What is the difference between judicial restraint and judicial activism?
• What is meant by original intentoriginal intent?• What is meant by contemporary
meaning?• If you believe in strict-constructionism,
which judicial philosophy do you support?
• Is a liberal or a conservative more likely to be an adherent to judicial restraint or judicial activism today?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• What is the function of the Office of Management and Budget?
• What is the function of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)?
• What is the function of the General Accounting Office (GAO)?
• What is the function of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• What does Article III of the Constitution specify?
• What is included within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
• Who determines the size of the federal judiciary?
• Who determines the jurisdiction of lower federal courts and the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• What is the significance of the Interstate Commerce clause of the Constitution?
• …checks and balances?• How can Congress check the
federal judiciary?• How can the President check the
federal judiciary?• How can the federal judiciary check
Congress and the Presidency?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• How can cases come before the Supreme Court?…which is more common?
• What formal tools are available to Congress in exercising oversight of the federal bureaucracy?
• What should you know about the Earl Warren Court?
JUDICIARY REVIEW
• What is the “iron triangle”?• What is “discretionary
authority”?• What is an “amicus curiae” brief?• What is the “legislative veto”?
Why was it ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?