Definitions
A case where the law is broken
Criminal Case
What are the 3 courts in the Judicial Branch?
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
District Court
This amendment granted citizenship and equal civil rights to African Americans.
14th amendment
This cases established the precedent of Judicial Review.
Marbury v. Madison
Interest groups that may not be directly involved in the lawsuit but may want to file legal briefs in support of one side.
Amicus Curiae
Looks at courts cases and decides if the decision made in the case was constitutional or unconstitutional.
Court of Appeals
What are 3 rights that the 6th amendment gives?
a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, a notice of accusation, a confrontation of witnesses, and the right to a lawyer.
Which court case said that states have to provide attorneys to criminal defendants.
Gideon v. Wainwright
An opinion by one or more judges which they agree with the majority's opinion but have different reasons that they want to express.
Concurring Opinion
Whose job is to review decisions of lower district courts
Appellate Courts
What are the 4 freedoms that the first amendment give's
Right to have freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, freedom of the press, and freedom to petition.
A landmark Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering.
Shaw v. Reno
To petition the court for review is to ask it to grant a writ of certiorari. A request that the Supreme Court order a lower court to send up the record of the case for review.
Writ of Certiorari
Lower court created by congress for special purposes. The justices inside the legislative court have fixed terms, can be removed from office and can have their salaries reduced.
Legislative Court
What is the second amendment and in which supreme court case was it used
The second amendment is the right to bear arms, and the supreme court case is Mcdonald v. City of Chicago
Which court case said that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.”
Schenck v. United States
A doctrine that states that Federal authorities can prosecute the same person for the same conduct and that each authority is prosecuting under its own laws.
Dual Sovereignty
The third ranking officer in the judicial branch who decides what cases the Federal Government will take from the lower courts and personally approves every case the Government presents to the Supreme Court.
Solicitor General
In Engel v. Vitale which amendment and clause was used in the case?
establishment Clause, 14th Amendment
Which Major court case does this court cases relate to?
Colegrove v. Green
Colegrove wished to stop the upcoming state legislature election in Illinois. Believed the districts in Illinois were unevenly proportioned. This proportionment violates the 14th amendment equal protection clause because it takes away his vote and his right to express himself
Baker V Carr