Civics Chapter 9 Vocab

A court system made up of federal and state courts

• jurisdiction

• stare decisis

• dual court system

• docket

A court's authority to hear and decide a case

• jurisdiction

• dual court system

• opinion

• tenure

An official decision by a judge that settles a case and may interpret a law

• jurisdiction

• stare decisis

• precedent

• ruling

Detailed explanation used as the basis for a judicial decision

• ruling

• opinion

• appellate jurisdiction

• constitutional

A ruling used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later case

• ruling

• opinion

• precedent

• judicial review

The Supreme Court has the power to say whether any federal, state, and/or local law goes against the Constitution

• nullify

• Judicial Review

• precedent

• subpoena

To legally cancel

• nullify

• Jurisdiction

• subpoena

• brief

An order a higher court issues to a lower court to obtain the records of a particular case

• Stare Decisis

• Judicial Review

• Nullify

• Writ of Certiorari

Legal Calendar of the Supreme Court

• docket

• jurisdiction

• caseload

• precedent

A written document explaining the position of one side of a case

• Docket

• brief

• opinion

• ruling