In the federal court system, these courts have original jurisdiction 

Who appoints all Federal Judges?

What are examples to be followed in similar cases as they arise in the lower courts or reach the Supreme Court called?

An opinion used to add or emphasize a point that was not made in the majority opinion.

The minority opinion, written by those justices who do not agree with the Court’s majority decision.

This group confirms all federal judge appointments.

Because President Adams delivered their commissions on the last day of his term, the new judges were called this.

The Article in the Constitution that creates a national judiciary is.

Who does the Constitution say can create “inferior” courts? 

The lower federal courts, the courts beneath the Supreme Court are called this.

Literally meaning the power to say the law it is the authority of a court to hear a case.

Federal Judges are appointed for this many years.

District courts have this type of jurisdiction.

A case in which one is tried for committing some action that Congress declared by law to be a federal crime.

A case that involves some non criminal matters such as a dispute over terms of a contract or a claim of patent infringement. 

This means that these cases can only be heard in federal courts.

A case that could be heard in Federal or State Court

A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court.

A court in which a case is first heard has this type of jurisdiction.

The only court specifically created by the Constitution.

The Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court first asserted its power of Judicial Review was:

The Supreme Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional

The selection process of taking a case where at least four of the Court’s nine justices agree that a case should be put on the Court’s docket.

An order by the Court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for review.

The beginning of the term for The Supreme Court every year is:

Written documents filed with the Court before oral arguments begin.

Meaning Friends of the Court Briefs, these are briefs filed by persons or groups who are not actual parties to a case but who have a substantial interest in its outcome.