Test - Judicial Branch

Test - Judicial Branch

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Test - Judicial Branch

Test - Judicial Branch

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

civil law

unwritten law made by court decisions

statutory law

a body of law regulating private rights and obligations

criminal law

a body of law regulating offenses against the community as a whole

common law

written law passed by legislative bodies

laws

rules of conduct established by society

2.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

plaintiff

someone being sued or someone being tried for a crime

misdemeanor

a serious offense punishable by long imprisonment and maybe death

felony

a minor crime punishable by a crime and/or a short prison sentence

defendant

brings charges against an accused person

prosecution

someone bringing suit against another

3.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

original jurisdiction

the authority to review cases previously decided by  lower courts

appeal

the authority to hear a case's initial trial

adversary system

a request for a new hearing; to ask a higher court to review the decision of an earlier case

appellate jurisdiction

the process of determining whether a law is constitutional or not

judicial review

a system in which both sides are given the chance to present their case

4.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

recognizance

money paid to guarantee a defendant will appear in court

writ of habeas corpus

court appearance at which the accused hears the charges and enters a plea

precedent

sets a standard for future action

arraignment

court order requiring the government to release a prisoner unless good cause for imprisonment can be shown

bail

a promise to appear without necessity of bail

5.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

grand jury

when the decision of a trial jury is not unanimous in a criminal case

hung jury

a panel of citizens who determine if a person is guilty or innocent; determines the verdict in civil and criminal cases

indictment

a panel of citizens who reviews evidence presented against a person and determines if there is enough evidence for an incictment

arrest

to take into legal custody

petit jury

officially charges a person with a violation of a criminal law, usually a felony

6.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

judicial activism

written explanation of the views of one or more of the justices who support a decision reached by the majority of the court, but wish to add or emphasize a point not made in the decision

majority opinion

official called the opinion of the court; announces the Court's decision in a case and sets out the reasoning upon which it is based

concurring opinion

practice of basing decisions on what the Court perceives to ensure public welfare or what the Court determines to be fair and just based on the facts it has been given

judicial restraint

written explanation of the views of one or more of the justices who disagreed with the Opinion of the Court

dissenting opinion

practice of basing decisions on previous decisions dealing with similar legal issues and upholding a law if it does not clearly violate the Constitution

7.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

increased the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by giving it the authority to rule on the constitutionality of state as well as federal laws; provided or "equal protection" of all citizens

Plessy v. Ferguson

reversed an earlier court decision that had legalized segregation; called for the desegregation of public schools

Civil Rights Cases

ruled that women have the right to end a pregnancy but after the 1st trimester states can set certain limits to this right

14th Amendment

numerous cases between 1954-1964 which challenged discrimination against minority citizens in case after case

Roe v. Wade

legalized segregation; established the principle of "separate but equal" and legalized segregation

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