Deck 8: The President and the Judiciary Introductory Puzzle: How Earl Warren Became the Last

Question 1

Supreme Court justices must meet the same age and residency requirements as U.S. senators.

Answer 1

False
Explanation:Senators must be at least 30 and a citizen for nine years. Supreme Court justices, however, can be any age and have no residency requirements.

Question 2

The Supreme Court has always had six members.

Answer 2

False
Explanation:Although the Judiciary Act of 1789 established that the Supreme Court was to have six members (five associate justices and one chief justice), today there are nine members (eight associates and one chief)

Question 3

Partisanship has been an important determinant in presidential selection of judicial nominees almost since the ratification of the constitution.

Answer 3

True
Explanation:John Adams, the second president, filled the courts almost exclusively with adherents of his party, thus setting political precedent for his successors ever since.

Question 4

Jeffersonian Republicans long criticized the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall for being too responsive to public opinion and not independent enough.

Question 5

FDR's court-packing plan required every justice over 70 to retire and be replaced by two judges under 50.

Question 6

Which of the following was not an issue that Andrew Jackson challenged the judiciary on?

A) The national bank
B) Indian removal
C) Control of the military
D) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following was not a reform proposal offered by President Lincoln concerning ongoing problems with the circuit court system?

A) Congress could abolish circuit riding and instead provide dedicated circuit court judges.
B) Congress could abolish circuit courts in general.
C) Congress could reconfigure the circuit court system so that each region of the country was more equitably represented.
D) All of the above

Question 8

When did Congress fix the number of Supreme Court justices at nine?

A) 1803
B) 1828
C) 1869
D) 1939

Question 9

Who was chief justice during the "heyday of judicial liberalism"?

A) Earl Warren
B) Abe Fortas
C) John Marshall
D) Charles Pinckney

Question 10

Which of the following was not a Supreme Court justice appointed by President Reagan?

A) Warren Burger
B) Sandra Day O'Connor
C) Antonin Scalia
D) Anthony Kennedy