Unit 6 Vocabulary 2024

The plaintiff (complaintaint) in a case was unhappy with the court ruling, so they decided to...

• remand

• appeal

• jurisdiction

• District Court

Although Justice Kagan voted with the majority, she issued a ... because she disagreed with the reasoning behind the majority opinion.

• Appellate Court

• dissenting opinion

• Writ of Certiorari

• concurring opinion

If a case is appealed from a district court, it will be heard again in the...

• Supreme Court

• Court of Appeals

• District Court

• judicial review

Angered by the decision of the court, Justice Gorsuch issued a...

• jurisdiction

• Writ of Certiorari

• dissenting opinion

• concurring opinion

Almost all federal cases begin in the...

• Appellate Court

• Supreme Court

• State Court

• District Court

The Supreme Court has the power of ... , a check that ensures new laws passed by Congress do not violate the Constitution.

• justices

• judicial review

• jurisdiction

• appeal

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has ... over all cases from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico.

• Writ of Certiorari

• concurring opinion

• jurisdiction

• appeal

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a former ... of the Supreme Court

• justice

• judicial review

• appeal

• Court of Appeals

The Supreme Court elected not to hear a case, and it was ... to the Court of Appeals

• jurisdiction

• appealed

• remanded

• judicial review

The Supreme Court issued a ... to the Appellate Court when it decided to hear a case.

• appeal

• concurring opinion

• dissenting opinion

• Writ of Certiorari