Why is it so important that there is judicial independence in our court system? Pick two answers here.

What are the two court systems enumerated by the U.S. Constitution?

What type of courts hear the vast majority of cases in the United States?

Pick the right term. The authority to hear and decide a case is...

Pick the right term. When a court is free from too much political influence, that is ...

Pick the right term. A person making a legal complaint is ...

Pick the right term. Person against whom a case is filed is ...

What are examples of a case where the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction? Pick two answers here.

What are the three tiers to our federal court system? Choose three answers here.

What are district courts?

What are courts of appeals?

What is the Supreme Court?

It is the leading professional organization for the legal community.

What is the connection between political party affiliation and presidential nomination of judges?

What can we assume is the political party affiliation of Ketanji Brown Jackson (KBJ) since President Biden nominated her to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Kentaji Brown Jackson is considered to be on the liberal side of the American political spectrum; therefore, how is she likely to interpret the U.S. Constitution?

Which is which? This is when judges interpret the Constitution based on the Framers' original intent.

How does the concept of precedent influence the rulings of a judge or justice?

It is a custom whereby presidential appointments are confirmed only if there is no objection to them by the senators from the appointee's home state.

How many Justices are on the US Supreme Court

States create state law, federal government creates federal law, municipalities create what?

Who appoints a justice to the US Supreme Court?

Are federal judges appointed for life?

What Article of the Constitution created the Judicial Branch?

What does SCOTUS refer to?

This level court listens to testimony, considers evidence and decides the facts in disputed situations. Evidence is provided by witnesses called to testify in the case.

In a civil action, this party that brings legal action is called this.

In a criminal trial, the government starts the cases and serves as this.

In both a civil and a criminal trial, the party responding to the plaintiff or a prosecutor is called this.

Justices review the decisions of the trial court judges in this type of court.

A court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues.

This opinion states the decision of the court.

Judges who disagree with the majority opinion issue a separate document called this.

Judges who agree with the majority opinion, but have different reasons write this.

This occurs when a judge makes a mistake as to the law applicable in the case is called this.

This type of court hears criminal and civil cases involving the Constitution or federal law.

Federal Courts are also known as this.

This courts system resembles the federal courts system in structure and procedure.

This type of court hears matters of local law and ordinances.

This is the highest court in the state.

This is the highest court in the nation.

According to the Constitution, the lower federal courts have

A large judicial district at the Court of Appeals level is called a:

Select ALL of the following that describe Supreme Court Justices

The lower federal courts consist of:

Federal Justices are selected by:

The power of a court to administer the law.

The requirement or authority of a court to be the first to hear a case.

A process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary to determine if they are unconstitutional

A right granted to an inventor to protect her invention from other using, marking or selling it is known as a _______.

Which of these types of cases would fall under State and Local Jurisdiction (select all that apply)?

Any _________ is operated by the Department of Defense, not the judicial branch.

The court that hears appeals from most of the special federal courts (such as US Tax Court or US Federal Claims Court) is the _________.

Which courts(s) serve as local and state courts for places like Puerto Rico and Guam?

Which court would serve as the court to appeal decisions of the IRS?

In order for the US Supreme Court to hear a case (issue a writ of certiorari), ___ justices must agree to hear the case.

The power of judicial review was created by/in ____.

The Supreme has two types of jurisdiction but hears the vast majority of its cases in ____ jurisdiction.

The verdict of a US Supreme Court decision can come with three types of opinions. Which type of opinion is written by a justice who disagrees with the official decision?

The verdict of a US Supreme Court decision can come with three types of opinions. Which type of opinion is written by a justice who agrees with the official decision but for different reasons than officially stated?

The verdict of a US Supreme Court decision can come with three types of opinions. Which type of opinion is the official reason for the decision and itself becomes law?

What does Original Jurisdiction mean?

After the President picks a person for the Supreme Court, what part of Congress must approve them?

Which Supreme Court case is considered a crucial precedent limiting the power of any U.S. president to claim executive privilege?

These 2 court cases dealt with the rights of the accused...

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

for these 2 court cases SEGREGATION was the issue at question...

Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents prosecutors from using a person's statements made in response to interrogation in police custody as evidence at their trial unless they can show that the person was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning, and of the right against self-incrimination before police questioning, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them.

This case decided that school officials have the right to limit first amendment - freedom of speech/expression- as long as it shows an educational concern for the students

In which court case did The U.S. Supreme Court decision state that juveniles facing delinquency prosecutions must be afforded the due process protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?

In which court case did the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states are required under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to provide an attorney to defendants in criminal cases who are unable to afford their own attorneys.

In which court case did the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the Florida decision in a 7-2 ruling, holding that the various methods and standards of the recount process violated the equal protection clause (14th Amendment) of the U.S. Constitution.

Executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judicial Branch using the _____________________ as their basis

What phrase did the Supreme Court use when it legalized segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson?

In which U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"

What is judicial review?

Which branch can declare acts of other branches unconstitutional (go against the Constitution)?

What case was the first Supreme Court case to decide whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense or if the right was intended for state militias?