Judicial Branch Summative Review

An order by a court to have the records from a lower court to be sent up for review.

• Writ of Certiorari

• State Decicis

• Amicus Brief

• Writ of Mandamus

This type of jurisdiction means the first court to hear a case?

• Appellate

• Concurrent

• Exclusive

• Original

This type of jurisdiction means the first court to hear a case?

• Appellate
• Concurrent
• Exclusive
• Original

What type of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have?

• original and appellate

• original

• appellate

• exclusive

The Supreme Court has both original and __________ jurisdiction BUT most cases are appeals from _______ courts. (Highest Sate Court- If a state has exhausted all appeals and the case involves constitution or federal law, the court may grant ____________.)

• superior, upper, satiorari

• appellate, lower, certiorari

• federal, upper, satiorari

• state, lower, certiorari

Writ of Certiorari, The party that lost an appeal in a lower court explains why the Supreme Court should hear the case. ___ out of the 9 justices must agree to hear the case. If not, the decision of the lower court stands.

• 4

• 5

• 7

• 9

____________ ____________ is interpretation or applications of the Constitution, federal laws or treaties. Admiralty or maritime law

• Parties Involved

• Dosen't Matter

• Subject Matter

• Parties disolved

__________ __________ - The United States or one of its agencies. A state suing another state. Ambassador or representative of a foreign country. A foreign government or subject. Citizens from the same state that claim lands in another state.

• Parties involved

• Doesn't Matter

• Subject Matter

• Parties disolved

Which power did the U. S. Supreme Court establish in Marbury v. Madison?

• Hearing appeals from lower federal courts

• Judicial review

• Deciding cases involving two or more states

What case established the principle of judicial review?

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland