Week 1 Review

Which of the following is the definition for hierarchy?

• a written law passed by a state or federal legislative body

• the process of taking legal action through the court system

• a way of ranking and organizing people or things

• a solution between two arguing parties

Which of the following is the definition for criminal case?

• when the circuit courts reach different or confusing decisions on a single case

• a case related to protecting individual/private rights and usually ends with one party paying damages to the other

• the power of a higher court to review and/or fix any decisions made by a lower court

• a case related to crime and usually ends with imprisonment, probation, or fines

Which of the following is the definition for district court?

• the starting court for a case at the federal level

• the court where a legal case is heard for the very first time

• a higher court that reviews a lower court's decision when the losing party appeals the ruling

• the highest federal court in the United States and has the final say over all other courts in the nation

Which of the following is the definition for appellate court?

• the court where a legal case is heard for the very first time

• a higher court that reviews a lower court’s decision when the losing party appeals the ruling

• the name for appellate courts at the federal level

• the starting court for a case at the federal level

Which of the following is the definition for Supreme Court?

• a higher court that reviews a lower court’s decision when the losing party appeals the ruling

• the highest federal court in the United States and has the final say over all other courts in the nation

• the court where a legal case is heard for the very first time

• the name for appellate courts at the federal level

Which of the following is the definition for due process?

• the state has to respect all of a person's legal rights, especially if that person is arrested

• when the Supreme Court hears a case to decide if it is constitutional

• to apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court

• the Supreme Court choosing bot to get involved in a case

Which of the following is the definition for standing?

• when enough time has passed to where the case does not need a solution anymore

• when the circuit courts reach different or confusing decisions on a single case

• when the parties involved in a legal case have great risk of losing something

• determines if a case is ready to be heard at the Supreme Court level

Which of the following is the definition for political question doctrine?

• when the Supreme Court hears a case to decide if it is constitutional

• the Supreme Court choosing not to get involved in a case, so they pass it off to the other branches

• the right of a court to be the first to hear a brand new case

• the power of a higher court to review and/or fix any decisions made by a lower court

Which of the following is the definition for trial court?

• the court where a legal case is heard for the very first time

• the starting court for a case at the federal level

• a higher court that reviews a lower court's decision when the losing party appeals the ruling

• the name for appellate courts at the federal level

Which of the following is the definition for civil case?

• a written law passed by a state or federal legislative body

• a case related to crime and usually ends with imprisonment, probation, or fines

• a case related to protecting individual/private rights and usually ends with one party paying damages to the other

• when the circuit courts reach different or confusing decisions on a single case