The Court System

All courts BELOW the Supreme court

• jurisdiction

• inferior courts

• basketball courts

The person who brings charges AGAINST another person

• defendant

• plaintiff

• criminal

The person charged with a crime

• plaintiff

• convict

• defendant

Judges who believe it's best to look to the PAST to decide a court case

• judicial restraint

• precedent

• activism

These court cases are used to decide future cases

• restraint

• activism

• precedent

philosophy used when judges decide cases based on CURRENT events and present understandings

• judicial activism

• precedents

• supreme court

When the courts investigate an act to see if it is constitutional

• majority opinion

• manatee operation

• judicial review

This is an OVERVIEW of a groups case

• precedent

• opinion

• brief

The opinion on which the decision of the court is based

• majority opinion

• concurring opinion

• dissenting opinion

An opinion that agrees with the court, but for a slightly different reason

• dissenting opinion

• concurring opinion

• majority opinion