K. Judicial Branch

Front

Includes our court system, including the Supreme Court.

Back

Judicial Branch

Front

Explains what is legal, punishes lawbreakers

Back

Criminal Law

Front

Settles disputes between two parties

Back

Civil Law

Front

The two types of laws in the American legal system

Back

Criminal and Civil Law

Front

Interprets laws to decide how they apply in the real world. Options: Judicial Branch, Legislative Branch, Executive Branch

Back

Judicial Branch

Front

An earlier legal decision used as an example in later cases

Back

Precedent

Front

To ask a higher court to review a lower court’s decision

Back

Appeal

Front

A judge on the U.S. Supreme Court

Back

Justice

Front

There are _____ members of the U.S. Supreme Court

Back

9

Front

The name for a decision in a Supreme Court Case

Back

Opinion