Chief Justice
SS.7.CG.3.9 Federal Judicial Branch Vocab

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Social Studies
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6th - 8th Grade
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Joseph Woyak
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the head justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; also known as the "first among equals"
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court order
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a formal statement from a court that orders someone to do or stop doing something
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judicial branch
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the branch of government that interprets the laws and actions coming from the legislative and executive branches
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judicial review
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the power of the judicial branch to review the actions of the executive and legislative branches and determine whether or not they are unconstitutional; established through the U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison
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jurisdiction
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the right and power for courts to hear a case, interpret and apply the law; different types include original, appellate, exclusive, and concurrent
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summary judgment
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a judgment decided by a trial court without that case going to trial
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U.S. Supreme Court
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the highest court of the United States
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writ of certiorari
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the procedure to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case; a writ of certiorari is issued when a higher level court agrees to hear an appeal of an inferior court's decision
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statute
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law.
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