Judicial Branch

This is the court of last resort in all questions of federal law.

• district court

• territorial court

• Supreme Court

• appellate court

An explanation for the Supreme Court decision is called

• an opinion

• a legal draft

• judicial referee

• litigation

A court of appeals has

• original jurisdicdtion

• grand jury jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• concurrent jurisdiction

The United States is divided into 12 regions, each region contains a

• United States Court of Appeals

• United States Tax Court

• concurrent court

  
  

• United States Claims Court

A petition to the Supreme Court to hear a case is called a 

• brief

• precedent

• per curiam

• writ of certiorari

A "friend of the court" brief is called

• amicus curiae brief

• a writ of certiorari

• a lobbyist

• a justice

The power to confirm appointments to the Supreme Court resides in

• state legislatures

• the people

• the Senate

• the House of Represenatives

A written statement that sets forth a legal argument is called a

• brief

• writ of certiorari

• per curiam opinion

• an opinion

A justice writes this when he/she agrees with the majority opinion, but for a different reason.

• dissenting opinion

• concurring opinion

• per curiam opinion

• brief

The authority to hear a certain case the first time is called

• litigation of the court

• concurent jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction