Judicial Branch

In what part of the constitution are the specifics of the judicial system found?

• Article I

• Article II

• Article III

• Article IV

What are the two court systems in the United States?

• local and state

• state and federal

• federal and supreme

• local and supreme

authority of a court to decide certain cases depending on where it arises

• jurisdiction

• majority opinion

• judicial review

• criminal law

1st court to hear a case

• supreme court

• oral arguments

• original jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

Laws dealing with breaking a law or committing a crime.

• civil law

• criminal law

• judicial review

Highest level of the 3-tiered federal court system

• Court of appeals

• Congress

• US. Supreme Court

• District Courts

Court responsible for hearing & reviewing appeals from legal cases that have already been heard in district court.

• court of appeals

• district court

• congress

Term used when the court of appeals CHANGES the decision of the lower court

• reverse

• remand

• acquitted

• affirm

Sending cases back to the court that originally heard it for a new trial

• reverse

• remand

• affirm

• acquittal

declaring that a court ruling is valid and must stand

• remand

• reverse

• affirm

• acquitted