Types of Courts & Legal Terms
A court order to appear in court or produce evidence.
What is a subpoena?
The type of court that hears appeals from lower courts.
What is an appellate court?
One of the main jobs of the judicial branch.
One of the main jobs of the judicial branch.
Why 'equal justice under law' is difficult to achieve.
What is that people have different levels of access to legal resource and biases.
The type of case where one party accuses another of causing harm.
What is a civil case?
The main job of an appellate court.
What is to determine if the district court made an error in the case?
A way appellate judges can rule where the original decision stands.
What is upholding the original decision?
Why Supreme Court justices share drafts of opinions before announcing them.
What is to ensure the reasoning is sound and all justices have input?
The practice of following precedent in legal decisions.
What is stare decisis?
The factor that helps keep federal judges politically independent.
What is that they serve for life?
A kind of case the Supreme Court selects.
What is a case that involves key constitutional questions?
A similarity between U.S. district and circuit courts.
What is that both handle federal cases?
The person who brings a complaint in a civil case.
Who is a plaintiff?
The federal judicial circuit that hears cases from California.
What is the 9th Circuit?
A factor that influences whether the Supreme Court follows precedent.
What is if new information has changed the thinking behind the precedent?
A difference between U.S. district and circuit courts.
What is that district courts have juries while circuit courts review appeals?
A written document that explains the point of view of one side in a case.
What is a brief?
What U.S. marshals do as part of their job.
What is protecting federal courts and those who work there as well as going after fugitives?
How courts help 'insure domestic tranquility.
What is by providing a way to settle disputes fairly?
The three principles the judicial branch upholds.
What are judicial review, rule of law, and constitutional interpretation?