Unit 8 Government Quiz

The authority to hear and decide a case

• Original Jurisdiction

• Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

The sole right to hear a case

• Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

This term refers to cases that fall under both state and federal jurisdiction.

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Jurisdiction

A person making a legal complaint

• Plaintiff

• Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Defendant

A person against whom a legal complaint has been filed

• Plaintiff

• Magistrate Judge

• Jurisdiction

• Defendant

The court that first hears a case has this

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

Higher courts to hear appealed cases have this

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

Concept that a judge should interpret the Constitution according to the Framer’s original intention

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Activism

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

Concept which holds that judges can adapt the meaning of the Constitution to meet the demands of contemporary realities

• Senatorial courtesy

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Activism

• Appellate Jurisdiction

Senator from the same state as a nominee and the same political party as the President can block a nomination for virtually any reason and fellow senators will respect that opposition and refuse to support nominee.

• Judicial Activism

• Original Jurisdiction

• Senatorial Courtesy

• Plaintiff