Unit 6 - Judicial Branch Vocabulary

The right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review their case 

• Appeal

• Concurring Opinion

• Remand

A statement by a Supreme Court Justice who agrees with the majority decision but for a different reason 

• Dissenting Opinion

• Concurring Opinion

• Remand

• Appeal

Federal courts that review decisions appealed from district courts 

• District Court

• Trial Court

• Court of Appeals

A statement written by a Supreme Court justice who disagrees with the majority’s decision

• Dissenting Opinion

• Concurring Opinion

• Remand

• Appeal

Lower federal courts that have original jurisdiction in most cases involving federal laws 

• Court of Appeals

• Appellate Court

• District Court

• Supreme Court

The power of the Supreme Court to say if a law passed by Congress or a presidential action is Constitutional

• Executive Power

• Jurisdiction

• Judicial Review

• Remand

The authority to interpret and administer the law within an area 

• Judicial Review

• Jurisdiction

• Remand

• Appeal

Judges of the Supreme Court 

• Judicial Branch

• Executives

• Judges

• Justices

To return an appealed case to a lower court for a new trial 

• Appeal

• Justice

• Remand

• Affirm

A request from the Supreme Court to a lower court for records of a case

• Writ of Certiorari 

• Jurisdiction

• Affirm

• Appeal