What is the Judicial Branch?
Supreme Court Cases
Hierachy of Courts
Miscellaneous
100
This court is the highest in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
This case dealt with students wearing armbands in protest to the Vietnam War.
What was Tinker v. Des Moines?
100
The U.S. District Court is a ___________ court.
What is federal?
100
This term is defined as the process to bring a claim to a higher court.
What is an appeal?
200
This is the main job of the Supreme Court.
What is reviewing laws?
200
This case dealt with administrators at a school being able to legally search a student's bag.
What was T.L.O. v. New Jersey?
200
The name for these courts are such due to the fact that they are not on the same level as appellate courts.
What are lower courts?
200
This court hears cases involved divorce and child custody.
What is Family Court?
300
This role is the highest in the Supreme Court.
What is Chief Justice?
300
This case gave the Supreme Court the right to judicial review.
What was Marbury v. Madison?
300
This court sees cases on wills and testaments.
What is a probate court?
300
This court hears cases about federal crimes and major cases involving the U.S. Constitution.
What is the U.S. District Court?
400
This is the name for the process of the Supreme Court reviewing a law.
What is judicial review?
400
This case ended segregation in schools.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
400
This courts hears cases about felonies.
What are Circuit Courts?
400
This is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme court.
Who is John Roberts?
500
This is what a law is called if it goes against the Constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
500
This case stated that federal laws are stronger than state laws.
What was McCullough v. Maryland?
500
If I was a high school student and was caught stealing food from a grocery store. This is the court I would most likely end up in.
What is a Juvenile Court?
500
This case determined that no matter how much money you had you were given an attorney to defend you in court.
What was Gideon v. Wainwright?