Government Vocab for exam

a court's authority to hear and decide a case

• Bill of attainder

• Jurisdiction

jurisdiction of both state and federal courts

• judicial activism

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

making a legal complaint in court

• plaintiff

• jurisdiction

against whom a complaint is filed

• Plaintiff

• Defendant

first court to hold trials in certain kinds of cases

• Original Jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

authority of some courts to review decisions

• appellant jurisdiction

• judicial restraint

interpret the Constitution according to the Framers' original intentions

• Judicial restraint

• judicial activism

the concept that the Constitution should be interpreted more broadly,

• original jurisdiction

• Judicial activism

earlier court decision that guides judges decisions in later

• Precedent

• defendant

senator from the same state as a nominee to a federal district court and the same political party

• senatorial Courtesy

• judicial restraint