Ch. 11 & 12 Federal Courts & Supreme Court

authority shared by both federal and state courts.

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction

• opinion

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

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• litigant

authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed from lower court

• due process clause

• Original Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Appellate jurisdiction

a person engaged in a lawsuit

• indictment

• litigant

• bureaucrat

• plantiff

14th amendment clause stating no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

• senatorial courtesy

• necessary and proper clause

• due process clause

• Santa clause

group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial

• grand jury

• petit jury

• indictment

• judicial circuit

a formal charge by a grand jury

• guilty

• not guilty

• opinion

• indictment

a trial jury, usually consisting of 6 or 12 people, that weighs the evidence presented at a trial and renders a verdict

• grand jury

• petit jury

• legislative court

• judicial circuit

a region containing a U.S. appellate court

• riding the circuit

• federal courts

• California

• judicial circuit

a system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate’s state before formally submitting it for full Senate approval

• House Courtesy

• Riding the Circuit

• Senatorial Courtesy

• Federal Courtesy