Government Chapter 8: The Federal Courts & Judicial Branch

For a court to hear a case it must have happened within its?

• Territory

• Jurisdiction

• Specialty

Cases that have concurrent jurisdiction can be heard at the _ or _ level

• state, federal

• city, county

• national, internation

Person in court who bringing charges against another person

• plaintiff

• defendant

• public defender

Appellate Courts only hear cases on?

• Original Jurisdiction

• appeal

• state level

How many levels are there in the Federal Court System?

• 2

• 3

• 4

A judge who exercises judicial restraint is best described as being

• conservative

• liberal

• moderate

Their job is to decide if a case should go to trial, not guilty or innocent?

• Jury of peers

• Supreme court

• Grand Jury

Previous rulings of the court on a similar case, set a _?

• guidelines

• precedent

• original jurisdiction

If you cannot pay your bills, even in the future you file for this?

• amnesty

• Bankruptcy

• payment plan

Who benefits from a public defender

• poor people

• people who hire lawyers

• prosecutors