Landmark cases
What court case established judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison.
Define the term Grand jury.
A group of people who review evidence and decide if its enough to take to court.
What do Trial Courts use to determine a verdict within a case?
What is Evidence?
What is witness testimony?
What does the Appellate Court do?
To review lower courts.
How many Justices make up the Supreme Court?
What is nine Justices (one chief).
What did the Landmark case Brown v. Board of Education establish?
Declared segregation within public school unconstitutional.
What is a the terms for a trial with no jury?
What is bench trial.
What would someone ask the Trial Court if they lost the case yet want another decision?
Ask higher court replace decision.
What is the term for when an Appellate Court rejects a verdict?
What is Reverse?
Who selects Supreme Court justices?
President appoints, Senate approves.
Which Landmark case declaimed it unconstitutional to not inform suspects of their rights.
Miranda v. Arizona
Define the difference between Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint.
Judicial Restraint- Judges decide cases based on rules directly mentioned in the Constitution
Judicial Activism- Judges decide cases based on their interpretation of law and changing real world values.
How many judges does the Trial Court have, and does it have a jury?
What is one judge, has jury.
What are the three things the Appellate Court can do when reviewing lower court case?
What is Remand, Reform, or Reverse?
What are the qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice? (Ex: age, qualifications, history.)
None.
What did the Landmark case Roe v. Wade establish?
Established abortion rights.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Define the term precedent and give an example of a case’s decision which impacted a future decision.
Precedent- an executive decision that is used to make future decisions from lower courts.
Example: Plessy v. Ferguson.
List the steps which occur during a trial process.
Opening statement, Presentation of Evidence, Closing statement, Jury Deliberate, Verdict.
What is the term for when the Appellate Court is asked to review a case?
What is appeal?
What is the most important power of the Supreme Court?
What is Judicial Review.
Name the Landmark case which overturned Plessy V. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education.
The term for what the Supreme Court can declare cases as.
What is Unconstitutional.
In what instance would the Trial Court not have original jurisdiction?
If it’s a civil case involving a higher court.
What does it mean when the Appellate Court affirms a case?
What is to let the courts decision stand?
What is the term for the system of approving a case by the Supreme Court?
What is the rule of four.
What is Writ of Certiorari.