Judicial Branch Vocabulary Unit 5

What is the power of deciding what is constitutional?

• executive review
• judicial review
• constitutional review
• appeal

What court system deals with disputes about laws for the entire country?

• federal court system
• state court system

A court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no contest

• arraignment

• felony

• judicial review

• probable cause

A good reason to believe that a suspect had been involved in a crime

• verdict

• affirm

• probable cause

• civil law

What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?

• Original jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a federal court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard in a State court.
• Original jurisdiction refers to criminal or civil cases; appellate jurisdiction refers to only to civil cases.
• Original jurisdiction refers to a case that could be heard in a federal or a State court; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case that must be heard in a federal court.
• Original jurisdiction refers to a court where a case is first heard; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard after it was tried in a lower court.

Which order do the courts go in?

• District Courts, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court

• Court of Appeals, District Courts, Supreme Court

• Supreme Court, District Court, Court of Appeals

What court system deals with disputes about state laws?

• federal court system
• state court system

What does the Judicial Branch do?

• Interprets the laws

• Makes the laws

• Carries out the laws

• Creates the laws

What are criminal cases?

• cases relating to citizens' rights
• cases relating to crimes

Which court reviews trial court's decision for errors?

• appellate court
• trial court
• supreme court