Levels of Courts
The authority of the Judicial Branch comes from this part of the Constitution.
What is Article III?
The power to hear a case.
What is jurisdiction?
This case established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The constitutional right that the government must follow the proper steps and procedures.
What is due process?
This is the first step in a criminal procedure. Sometimes it is done by the FBI.
What is an investigation?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
The power to hear a case first.
What is original jurisdiction?
This case found that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amendment guarantees due process from the Federal government.
What is the fifth amendment?
The second step in a criminal procedure which involves accusing someone of a crime.
What is charging?
The lowest level of courts in the Federal court system.
What are the district courts?
The power to review a case after it has already been decided by a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This case found that "separate but equal" rail cars were constitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This amendment guarantees due process from the states.
What is the fourteenth amendment?
The third step in which after a person has been accused they have to go before a judge.
What is arraignment?
This court hears appeals from the district courts.
What is the court of appeals?
The power of the courts to declare a law or act of the President unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
These discriminatory laws in the South were made constitutional by the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson.
What was Jim Crow?
This legal document is required in order to search someone's home.
What is a warrant?
The fourth step when evidence is gathered and witnesses are interviewed.
What is discovery?
This level of court has both original and appellate jurisdiction.
What is the Supreme Court?
The courts act like one of these in resolving disputes between the political branches when laws or actions are challenged.
What is a referee?
This lawyer for the NAACP and later Supreme Court justice led the fight in Brown v. Board.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This group of 16-23 regular citizens charges people with felonies.
What is a Grand Jury?
The final step which takes place in a courtroom.
What is a trial?