U.S. court systems

What are district courts?

• A federal trial court

• An anti federalist court

• A religious court

What is a brief?

• A set of documents

• Another word for the constitution

• Arguments submitted by lawyers from either side

What is an original jurisdiction?

• Jury duty

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

• When a court send someone innocent to jail

What is a ruling?

• An official decision by a court

• When the president wants a new law to be formed

• When a judge leaves office

What is a precedent?

• A list of guidelines councilmen should follow

• A document about what a president can and cannot do

• A ruling used as a basis of a decision in a later case

What is Appelent jurisdiction?

• When a court sends a case to the supreme court

• A court's authority to hear a case appealed from lower courts

• When you cannot serve in jury duty because you know someone on trial

What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?

• The law that established or set up the lower federal courts

• A law that set up trial courts

• The law that made slavery illegal

What is a dual court system

• A federal trial court

• When two courts come together to decide the fate of a case

• A system made up of both state and federal courts

What did article 3 of the U.S. constitution establish

• The executive branch of the federal government

• The judicial branch of the federal government

• The legislative branch of the federal government

What is exclusive jurisdiction?

• Authority of only federal courts to hear cases

• Being excluded from your own trial

• Going straight to jail without a trial