Judicial Branch 1
This article creates the Judicial branch.
What is Article III?
This person was the first ever Justice
Who is John Jay?
_____ appoints the justices in the Judicial Branch.
Who is the President?
This Court hears lawsuits against the government.
What is the Court of Federal Claims.
Give a benefit of being a Supreme Court Justice.
What is
1. A salary of $298,500 per year for Chief Justice. Associate Justices earn $284,500 per year
2. Can retire at age 70 if served 10 years or at age 65 if served 15 years; receive full salary during retirement
This branch of government has the power to create inferior courts.
What is Congress?
This person was one of the most influential Justices ever and greatly increased the power of the Supreme Court.
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall?
This is used to indict a person with a crime.
What is a grand jury?
There are this many district justices and this many district courts.
What is 678 Judges, 94 district courts?
This person represents the U.S. in any case that goes to the Supreme Court.
Who is the Solicitor General?
This jurisdiction means a case is only heard in Federal Court.
What is Exclusive Jurisdiction?
This is how many justices must agree to hear a case in the Supreme Court.
What is four, or the Rule of Four?
This court deals with Tariffs and Trade Laws.
What is the Court of International Trade?
The Supreme Court has this type of Jurisdiction.
What is Appellate and Original Jurisdiction?
This is how long District Court Justices serve.
What is Life?
This means justices look at the original meaning of the Constitution as well as other previous court cases before making a decision.
What is Judicial Restraint?
These are the two different ways a case can reach the Supreme Court.
1. Writ of certiorari: one of parties state an error was made (most common).
2. Certificate: lower court asks for clarification on a law/procedure
This court was created to speed up the handling of appeals.
What is the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit?
Define Jurisdiction
What is the ability to hear a case?
This tries a defendant to determine if they are guilty
What is a Petit Jury?
This is when a court has the power to hear the case for the first time.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
This is the name for the concept that creates both a state and federal court system. This concept is one of the basic principles of the Constitution.
What is Federalism?
If you disagreed with the verdict of a court after a trial, you would go to this court.
What is the Court of Appeals?
This is what a magistrate does.
What is issue warrants, hear evidence, set bail, try minor offenders?
This is what it is called when a justice disagrees with the majority of the Supreme Court
What is a Dissenting Opinion?