Judicial Branch

Original jurisdiction is sometimes a subject of debate for federal versus state courts.  Which of the following cases would the federal court system have original jurisdiction?

• Disputes between two citizens of the same state
• disputes between two states
• violations of local ordinances
• violation of state laws

US District Courts --> ________________ --> US Supreme Court.
Which court goes in the blank?

• Court of Veteran appeals
• Court of Appeals
• Military Court
• Claims Court

Liz'z 16 year old daughter backed into Doug's car while it was parked in front of his house.  Doug sued Liz for $1500 to cover the cost of repairing the car.
Which court heard the case?

• Circuit Court of Appeals
• Florida Supreme Court
• Appellate court
• County Court

The power of the Supreme Court to decide what the Constitution means is...

• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Summary Judgement
• Judicial Review
• Writ of Certiorari 

The power of a higher court to review a decision from a lower court is called...

• appellate jurisdiction
• summary judgement
• judicial review
• writ of certiorari

The diagram below outlines the appeals path through the state court system.  Which court completes the diagram?
State-level court of original jurisdiction --> State-level court of appeals --> ________________ --> US Supreme Court.

• Court of Veterans Appeals
• Florida Supreme Court
• US Court of Appeals
• State-level court of claims

Which type of law is used to solve disputes between people of organizations?

• Civil
• Constitutional
• Criminal
• Military 

What is highest court in the land?? 

• a.  U.S. Court of Appeals 
• a.  U.S. Supreme Court 
• a.  U.S. District Court 
• a.  U.S. High Court

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench
• jury
• judicial review
• justice

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435