Federal and State Judicial Systems

Article III gives ________ the power to create federal courts under the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Congress

• The Senate

• The president

• Individual states

What is the name for trial courts in the U.S. federal system?

• Appeals

• Supreme

• County

• District

District, or trial courts, are the only federal courts where:

• Witnesses testify and juries decide cases

• Appeals can be made

• A federal law can be struck down

• A nominee for the Supreme Court can be confirmed

Means hearing a case for the first time:

• Appellate jurisdiction

• Original jurisdiction

• Trial jurisdiction

• Judicial review

__________ means asking a higher court to review a lower court's decision for error.

• Appeal

• Trial

• Evidence

• Witness

How many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• 3

• 7

• 9

• 11

The U.S. Supreme Court:

• Must take all cases that have been appealed to it

• Take some cases, if they deal with 1st Amendment issues

• Take some cases, if they deal with federal law or the Constitution

• Only take cases every 3 years

What is true about the types of cases that federal courts hear:

• They must deal with maritime law

• They must deal with a challenge to the U.S. Constitution

• They can deal with many different things, including disputes between people in different states

• They never deal with the U.S. Constitution

Federal appeals courts:

• Must overturn the decisions of lower courts

• Do not have jury trials

• Have 11 judge panels

• Have original jurisdiction on all cases

The keyword to understanding the federal court system is _______. There are _____ terms using this word that can be paired to better understand them.

• judicial / 4

• jurisprudence / 6

• jurisdiction / 4

• judicial / 6