Judicial System

The United States has a dual court system which consists of state courts and _________________ courts.

• judiciary

• executive

• federal

• congressional

Authority to hear a case is a court's ________________.

• original jurisdiction

• benediction

• judicial review

• jurisprudence

The authority to review a decision of a lower court is called ___________.

• supreme jurisdiction

• felony

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

A serious crime is called a _________.

• probable cause

• felony

• misdemeanor

• guilty verdict

The highest court in the country is called the ____________.

• appellate courts

• federal courts

• district courts

• Supreme Court

At the federal level, which court has appellate jurisdiction? This means they hear cases that originally started in a US district court.

• US Supreme Court

• US Court of Appeals

• US District Court

• Circuit Court

From bottom to top, what is the order of courts that cases can go through at the state level?

• from Court of Appeals to district court to circuit court to VA Supreme Court

• from district court to circuit court to Court of Appeals to VA Supreme Court

• from Court of Appeals to circuit court to district court to VA Supreme Court

• from district court to circuit court to VA Supreme Cour tto Court of Appeals

What is the important Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review at the national level?

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

What does judicial review mean?

• You have the right to remain silent in a court of law.

• One judge after another judge reviews important federal cases.

• There must be due process in all court cases.

• The Supreme Court has the power to declare laws unconstitutional.

In which kind of case does a court determine if a person is guilty or not guilty of breaking the law?

• verdict

• civil case

• criminal case

• misdemeanor