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The process through which a party requests a formal change to an official decision
What is: Appeal
The title of a person that might write a concurring opinion
What is: Justice
The type of court that reviews decisions made by lower courts
What is appellate courts or appeals courts
A case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by the law
What is: Criminal case
A type of opinion written by a justice who disagrees with the majority ruling
A type of opinion is written by a justice who agrees with the majority but for different reasons
What is: Concurring Opinion
Where trials usually take place first
What is: District courts
The purpose of the Judicial Branch
What is: To interpret laws
The power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of laws or actions
What is: Judicial Review
To ask a higher court to review a case
What is: Appeal
True or false: The order of the court system is--> Court of Appeals-> District Courts-> Supreme Court
False! The correct answer is: District Courts -> Court of Appeals-> Supreme Court
The location of the definition for the Judicial Branch which establishes the Supreme Court as the highest court in the U.S.
Article 3 of the Constitution
This refers to the authority of a court to hear and decide a legal case.
When a case gets sent back to a lower court or administrative agency for further proceedings
What is: Remanding
A legal document used to request/petition that a higher court (The supreme court?*) review a lower court's decision.
What is: Writ of certiorari
True or false: Supreme court justices serve for up to 85 years
False: They can serve for life!
The federal courts that review decisions made by the district courts
What is: Court of Appeals or Appellate Courts
These are are spread out across the country and hear both civil and criminal cases. They are also where federal cases are first tried, witnesses testify, and juries serve.
What is: District Court
False: The Civil Justice System does not attempt to determine innocence or guilt.
It determines LIABILITY
A definition for a civil case
What is: An individual accuses another individual of wrongdoing
What is: an individual, business, or government entity sues another to protect, enforce, or to be compensated for a violation of rights.