Judicial Branch

Authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases.

• concurrent jurisdiction

• state jurisdiction

• state courts

• judicial review

A case involving someone who is accused of committing an illegal activity.

• judicial review

• appellate jurisdiction

• defendant

• criminal case

The authority of a court to hear a case.

• Precedent

• Jurisdiction

• Judicial Review

• Judiciary

The jurisdiction of courts that hear cases brought to them on appeal from lower courts. These courts do not review the factual record, only the legal issues.

• concurrent jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

• original jurisdiction

• judicial activism

Appointed by President to be approved by majority of Senate and serve for life.

• State Courts

• Federal Judges

• Judicial Review

• Supreme Court

A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

• Defendant

• Precedent

• Plaintiff

• Jurisdiction

A theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power.

• judicial restraint

• state courts

• judicial review

• judicial activism

Deal with problems between states; they also handle cases that deal with the Constitution and the laws made by congress, they lack enforcement powers.

• Judiciary

• Federal Courts

• Supreme Court

• Judicial Review

How similar cases have been decided in the past.

• judiciary

• judicial review

• original jurisdiction

• precedent

Courts that hear disputes about the laws of one state.

• Judiciary

• State Courts

• Judicial Activism

• Supreme Court