Judicial Branch Review (Summer)

An order from the Supreme Court to a lower court to send up the records on a case they are going to review

• Writ of habeas corpus
• Writ of certiorari
• Writ of mandamus
• Writ of appeal

The steps the courts must follow when carrying out the law

• Stare Decisis

• Precedent

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

Means "let the decision stand" refers to the principle that the court should follow the precedent of earlier cases

• Stare Decisis

• Precedent

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

Legal principle that means that lower courts must follow the decisions of higher courts

• Stare Decisis

• Precedent

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

Principal of the Constitution that makes everyone accountable to the law and no one is above the law

• Stare Decisis

• Precedent

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

Philosophy that courts must be involved in political and social controversies to protect Constitutional rights

• Judicial Activism
• Court Interference
• Legal Activism
• Judicial Overreach

Philosophy that courts should avoid involving itself in political and social controversies and avoid overturning previous laws or decisions

• Legislative Restraint
• Judicial Activism
• Judicial Restraint
• Judicial Interference

Authority of a trial court to be the first to hear a case

• Secondary jurisdiction
• Supreme jurisdiction
• Original jurisdiction
• Appellate jurisdiction

Authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed by a lower court

• appellate authority
• appellate power
• appellate control
• appellate jurisdiction

Authority shared by both federal and state courts

• Appellate jurisdiction
• Exclusive jurisdiction
• Concurrent jurisdiction
• Original jurisdiction