Judicial Branch
Vocabulary
Cases
Process & Organization
Misc
100

Court created by the Constitution

What is the Supreme Court? 

100

Word meaning "against the Constitution"

What is 'unconstitutional'? 

100

Case which established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review

What is Marbury v. Madison? 

100

The highest court in the federal court system

What is the Supreme Court? 

100
The most famous electric type Pokemon

Who is Pikachu? 

200

Branch of government that passed the Judiciary Act of 1789, creating the lower federal branches

What is Congress (Legislative)?

200

Word meaning "ask a higher court to review a case"

What is 'appeal'? 

200
Case which legalized segregation

What is 'Plessy v. Fergusson'? 

200

The second highest courts in the federal court system

What are Circuit Courts of Appeals? 

200

Largest mammal on Earth

What is the blue whale? 

300

Total number of justices on the Supreme Court

What is 9? 

300

Word meaning "having authority over" 

What is 'jurisdiction'? 

300

Case which allowed students to protest in schools as long as it was not disruptive

What is 'Tinker v Des Moines'? 

300

The only federal courts to have juries

What are U.S. District Courts?

300

The state with the highest population

What is California? 

400

Branch of government that appoints judges and justices to the courts

What is the President (Executive)? 

400

Word meaning "process in which guilt is decided"

What is 'trial'? 

400

Case which guaranteed due process of law for minors 

What is 'in re Gault'? 

400
U.S. District Courts = Original Jurisdiction

Circuit Court of Appeals = _____________ Jurisdiction

What is appellate jurisdiction? 

400

Sport which is called "America's favorite pasttime"

What is Baseball? 

500

Power of the Supreme Court to declare laws or executive orders "unconstitutional"

What is judicial review?

500

Word meaning "found guilty of a crime"

What is 'convicted'? 

500

Case which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and abolished segregation

What is 'Brown v. Board of Education'? 

500

Document that has to be filled out and accepted in order for the Supreme Court to hear a case

What is a writ of certiorari (cert)? 

500

Term used for the increasing of prices and lowered value of the dollar

What is 'inflation'? 

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