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210 CHAPTER 6 %u2022 The Federal JudiciaryQuestion 5 refers to the passage.There never can be danger that the judges, by a series of deliberate usurpations on the authority of the legislature, would hazard the united resentment of the body intrusted with it, while this body was possessed of the means of punishing their presumption, by degrading them from their stations.92%u2014Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 815. Which of the following statements summarizes the argument made in Federalist No. 81?A. The Supreme Court has the authority to take power away from Congress.B. Congress must trust the court system to uphold the Constitution.C. Congress may check the Supreme Court by overturning its decisions.D. Congress may check the Supreme Court through impeachment.6. A Supreme Court Justice who writes the following words, %u201cGenerations from now, lawyers and judges will look back at today%u2019s ruling with utter contempt,%u201d is probably writing aA. concurring opinion.B. majority opinion.C. dissenting opinion.D. per curiam opinion.Questions 7 and 8 refer to the passage.In Federalist No. 78, Alexander Hamilton wrote this:Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them. The Executive not only dispenses the honors, but holds the sword of the community. The legislature not only commands the purse, but prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated. The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.937. Which of the following statements best describes Hamilton%u2019s point of view?A. The executive is more powerful than the legislature or the judiciary.B. The judiciary%u2019s power depends on an ability to convince the president of the strength of its reasoning.C. Judicial review should not be used to overturn acts of Congress.D. Judges should examine cases involving only legal rights, and not cases addressing political rights.8. Which of the following examples best reflects the statement Hamilton made in the final sentence of the quote?A. In 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower sent the National Guard to Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate the schools as ordered in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).B. In his 2010 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama sharply criticized the Supreme Court%u2019s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010).C. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, announcing that he was %u201cthe very best judge in the country.%u201d94D. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan called for an amendment to overturn the Supreme Court%u2019s decision in Roe v. Wade (1973).%u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.