Florida Court System
Apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court...
What is an 'appeal.'
Laws can be found at the local, state, and federal levels of government. True or false?
What is true.
The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to have the final say on what the U.S. Constitution means.
What is judicial review.
Due to the ruling in this 1966 landmark Supreme Court case, officers must read people their rights when they are arrested for an alleged crime.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona (5th Amendment).
The U.S. Supreme Court belongs to which level court system (federal or state)?
What is the federal level.
How many justices serve on the Florida Supreme Court?
What is seven (7).
What kind of law helps people settle arguments between themselves or others (car accidents, disputes with neighbor, slip 'n fall incidents, child custody)
What is civil law.
This 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case held that all persons must abide by the law. No one is above the law (rule of law) - not even the President of the U.S.
What is United States vs. Nixon.
The U.S. Supreme court said in this case everyone was entitled to due process under the law (legal equality).
What is In re Gault (1967).
How many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
What is nine (9).
The Florida state circuit courts are the lowest (first) which means they are also the what?
What is the trial level court for the state.
What is a federal law called?
What is a state law called?
What is a local law called?
What is an 'act.'
What is a 'statue.'
What is an 'ordinance.'
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in this case that poor defendants have the right to an attorney if they cannot afford one themselves.
What is Gideon vs. Wainwright? (1963 - 6th Amendment).
This idea allowed the segregation (separation) in the United States as long as the facilities for different races were deemed equal.
What is 'separate but equal.'
If a legal case begins in a U.S. District Court then goes to the U.S. Courts of Appeal, what is the next highest court after that?
What is the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Florida Supreme Court is an appellate level court. True or False?
What is true.
Laws based on the U.S. Constitution. Includes the Bill of Rights and individual state constitutions.
What is constitutional law.
This 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case decided that students' first amendment right to freedom of the press does not necessarily include what will be published in a school paper.
What is Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier.
This case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson and threw out the 'separate but equal' idea. School children were no longer to be segregated (separated).
What is Brown vs. Board of Education (1954).
Which legal case established the U.S. Supreme Court's power of JUDICIAL REVIEW?
What is Marbury vs. Madison
How many district courts of appeal are there in the state of Florida?
What is five (5).
Laws based on prior court decisions. These are known as case precedents (examples).
What is case law.
In this ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857).
This 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case held that 'separate but equal' facilities were ok to be utilized by people of different races. (Separate train cars.)
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
How many U.S. courts of appeal are there?
What is 13.