Gov Unit 2: Week 3 Key Terms

The authority of the court to hear a case.

• Precedent

• Judicial review

• Jurisdiction

• Concurring opinion

A judicial philosophy that refrains from departure from precedent and keeps a strict interpretation of Constitutional law.

• Judicial review

• Judicial restraint

• Judicial activism

• Judicial supremacy

Announces the Court’s decision in a case and sets out the reasoning upon which it is based.

• Judicial opinion

• Majority opinion

• Concurring opinion

• Dissenting opinion

The power of the court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.

• Judicial review

• Judicial restraint

• Judicial activism

• Judicial supremacy

A court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts.

• District courts

• Original courts

• Inferior courts

• Court of appeals

Written explanation of the views of one or more judges who disagree with a decision reached by a majority of the court.

• Judicial opinion

• Majority opinion

• Concurring opinion

• Dissenting opinion

A judicial philosophy that the courts can and should go beyond the applicable law to consider broader societal implications and protect or expand individual rights.

• Judicial review

• Judicial restraint

• Judicial activism

• Judicial supremacy

Court decision that stands as an example to be followed in future, similar cases.

• Precedent

• Judicial review

• Jurisdiction

• Concurring opinion

Written explanation of the views of one or more judges who support a decision reached by a majority of the court, but wish to add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority decision.

• Judicial opinion

• Majority opinion

• Concurring opinion

• Dissenting opinion

A trial court that has jurisdiction over certain cases within a specific judicial district

• District courts

• Original courts

• Inferior courts

• Court of appeals