Unit #4-Quiz #6 Judicial Branch

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional

• Judicial Review
• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Activism
• Advisory Opinion

Hears cases about crimes like burglary, murder, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

• Criminal Trial Court
• Civil Trial Court
• Adversarial System
• Amicus Curiae

Hears cases where one person or group thinks another person or group should pay for causing harm

• Civil Trial Court
• Criminal Trial Court
• Adversarial System
• Amicus Curiae

The authority of a trial court to be the first to hear a case

• Original Jurisdiction
• Writ of Certiorari
• Amicus Curiae
• Judicial Review

A trial system that is a contest between opposing sides

• Adversarial System
• Civil Trial Court
• Criminal Trial Court
• Amicus Curiae

In a civil trial, the person who brings suit in court

• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Defendant
• Public Defender

An attorney who represents the government in a criminal case

• Prosecutor
• Plaintiff
• Defendant
• Public Defender

The person against whom a civil or criminal suit is brought in court

• Defendant
• Plaintiff
• Prosecutor
• Public Defender

A group of citizens who hear evidence during a trial and give a verdict

• Jury
• Defendant
• Prosecutor
• Plaintiff

Attorney who works for the state and defends people who cannot afford a private attorney

• Public Defender
• Prosecutor
• Plaintiff
• Defendant