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Judicial Branch: Introduction to Exercise 3 - Functions and limits of the courts
What You Will Learn

This exercise deals with:
  • functions of the courts
    • interpreting laws and the Constitution
    • judicial review
  • limits on the courts set by
    • Congress
    • the public
    • judges themselves
Key Terms


amendment
judicial activism
judicial review
judicial self-restraint
judiciary
jurisdiction
living Constitution
textualism
U.S. Constitution
unconstitutional
Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

There are numbered blanks in the following passages. When you click on the number, two choices will appear on the side. Click on the correct choice to insert it in the passage. If you click on the wrong choice, the Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you why your answer is wrong.
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