Chapter 7 Government "Judicial Branch" Schusky

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What are the two basic types of law?

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Criminal and Civil

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Which word means any behavior that is illegal because society, through its government, considers the behavior harmful to society?

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Crime

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What is the source of "statutory law" in the United States?

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Laws passed by legislative bodies, like Congress.

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What type of law comes from judges' decisions that rely on common sense and previous cases (called precedents)?

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Common law

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What word means the process by which a person asks a higher court to review the result of their original trial?

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Appeal

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The federal court system is made up of three levels. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Administrative Law Courts, U.S. Federal District Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals

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U.S. Administrative Law Courts

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After a trial in a district court, the losing party may appeal to the next level of courts. What is this next level called?

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U.S. Courts of Appeals

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What term means the authority of a court to hear and decide a case for the first time?

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Original jurisdiction

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The U.S. Supreme Court has "original jurisdiction" (is the first court to hear the case) in a small number of cases; which of the following is NOT one of these types of cases? When an individual person sues another individual person, When there is a case between two states, When there is a case between the federal government and a state, When a case involves diplomatic representatives of other countries

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When an individual person sues another individual person

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What are the judges on the U.S. Supreme Court called?

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Justices