The requirements that plaintiffs have a serious interest in a case, which depends on whether they have sustained or are likely to sustain a direct and substantial injury from a part or an action of government.
What is Standing to Sue
100
Pinnacle of the American Judicial system. Ensures uniformity in interpreting national laws, resolves conflicts among states, and maintains national supremacy in law.
What is the Supreme Court
100
The president involved with the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
A presidential appointee and the third-ranking office in the Department of Justice
What is the Solicitor General
100
The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on all abortions was unconstitutional
What is Roe vs. Wade
200
Lawsuits permitting a small number of people to sue on behalf of all other people similarly situated.
What are Class Action Suits
200
The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. Thes are the courts that determine the facts about a case.
What is original jurisdiction
200
The only president elected 4 consecutive times to run.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
200
Latin Phrase "Let previous decision stand unchanged"
What is Stare Decisis
200
A simple rule for picking committee chairs. The members who had served the longest became the chair
What is Senority System
300
Busily translates policies into legal language and then enforce or challenge them. Known as the Indispensable actors in the judicial system.
Who are lawyers
300
The jurisdiction of courts that hear cases brought to them on appeal from lower courts.
What is appellate jurisdiction
300
The only president to serve multiple terms nonconsecutively.
Who is Grover Cleveland (#CLE)
300
The idea that the Constitution should be interpreted according to the original intent of the framers.
What is Original Intent
300
The Speaker of the House Currently
Who is John Boehner
400
They argue the case for litigants because they recognize the court's power to shape policy.
What are groups
400
The 91 federal courts of original jurisdiction.
What are district courts
400
Which Amendement number?: income taxes
What is 16th amendment
400
How and whether court decisions are translated into actual policy, thereby affecting the behavior of others
What is Judicial Implementation
400
Short video clips of about 15 seconds, which are typically all that is shown from a politician's speech or activities on the nightly television news
What are Sound Bites
500
Legal briefs submitted by a "friend of the court" for the purpose of raising additional points of view and presenting information not contained in the briefs of the formal parties.
What is Amicus Curiae
500
Appellate Courts empowered to review all final decisions of district courts, except in rare cases.
What is Courts of Appeal
500
The court case that originally stated "Separate but not equal" that was later modified.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
500
How similar cases have been decided in the past
What is precedents
500
A system of government in which both the state and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies