A legal hearing or examination, in which the two parties/groups involved meet in court to present their positions/opinions to an impartial/neutral decision maker

The person accused of the wrongdoing or crime in court

The person, or designated government official accusing the defendant.

Facts that support a position in court

Writ of __________: official request for Supreme Court to hear a case

The group of citizens in a courtroom who aren't involved in the dispute but are sworn to give a verdict

A dispute in which the Government has charged an individual with a crime and violating a law that protects other's safety is a:

A dispute among individual citizens or individual citizens and their government over property and/or money is a:

On both the State and Federal side, there are ____ levels to the Court System.

State court systems settle disputes that involve ______ laws.

Level 1 at the State is made up of trial courts or ________ courts.

The 2nd level of the Court system deals with ________.

At the Appeals Court, there are _____ options or possible outcomes.

Which of these options means "to agree with the lower court"

Which of these options means "to disagree with and override the lower court"

Which of these options means "to order a new trial in the lower court"

Above the State Appeals Court, there is the State Supreme Court. Their decision is _____ unless the losing party can convince the _________ Supreme Court to take the case.

The final authority for interpreting the U.S. Constitution is the:

The establishment of the Supreme Court and Federal Court system comes from Article ___ of the U.S. Constitution.

Federal Judges are appointed to those positions by the __________ and then confirmed by _________.

The U.S. Supreme Court is the head of the ___________ Branch.

The Supreme Court is able to decide whether or not the other branches of Government have violated the Constitution. This is an example of what concept?

The schedule of cases that the Supreme Court will review is known as the what?

Only ____ Supreme Court justices have to agree to place a case on the Docket.

There are ____ Supreme Court Justices

To become a Supreme Court Justice, you have to be ____________ by the President and then __________ by Senate.

The person in charge of the Supreme Court is called the _____ Justice.