Overview
Laws
Vocabulary
Test Questions
100

What is the role of the judicial branch?

Review and interpret laws

100

A type of court case that involves one person suing another perosn

Civil 

100

An order given by a judge at the end of a trial

Court Order

100
A panel of people who hear evidence and determine the outcome of a trial

Jury

200

Who is the head of the Judicial Branch?

Supreme Court

200

Type of court case a person would be in after they've committed a crime

Criminal

200

The check that the Supreme Court has on the other branches

Judicial Review

200

A type of trial that doesn't have a jury but instead has a judge or judges decide the outcome

Bench trial

300

How many Supreme Court justices are there?

9
300

Where does statutory law come from?

Congress

300

An appellate courts decision to let a decision stand

Affirm

300

What happens at an appellate court?

A panel of judges reviews the decision made in trial

400

What kind of court is the Supreme Court?

Appellate 

400

Where does case and common law come from?

Previous court cases

400

To disagree with a decision a trial court made and to have it reviewed

Appeal

400

If someone appeals a decision made by the U.S Court of Appeals, where would that case go next?

U.S Supreme Court

500

Which federal court is a trial court?

District Court

500

Where does constitutional law come from?

The Constitution 

500

Sending a case back to a trial court to start over

Remand

500

What are the four level of the State Supreme Court?

County, Circuit, District, State Supreme 

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