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Aim: What do you need to know to succeed on the JUDICIARY exam?

Get ready for the Judiciary exam with this comprehensive review packet covering important topics such as writ of certiorari, federal judges, judicial review, judicial philosophy, federal judiciary functions, constitutional specifications, checks and balances, Supreme Court cases, oversight of the federal bureaucracy, and more.

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Aim: What do you need to know to succeed on the JUDICIARY exam?

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  1. 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?

  2. 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?

  3. JUDICIARY REVIEW • What is the difference between judicial restraint and judicial activism? • What is meant by original 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?

  4. 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)?

  5. 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?

  6. 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?

  7. 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?

  8. 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?

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