The Courts!
The first court that hears a case.
Trial Court
The division of the court system into state and federal courts.
Dual Court System
Something you cannot do inside of the Supreme Court.
Article of the Constitution outlining the Judicial Branch.
Appellate
Power of the court to strike down laws that are deemed unconstitutional.
Name of a brief written to the Supreme Court by interest groups.
Amicus Curiae
Term length of a judge.
Life
Name of a trial that is decided by a group of judges.
Bench Trial
Shape of the court system.
Pyramid
30 minutes
Person who appoints federal judges.
President
A feature of a trial court not present in an appellate court.
Jury
Power of a court to try a case.
Jurisdiction
The document that the Supreme Court issues to tell lower courts to send over their records on a case.
Writ of Certiorari
The person who brings a case forward in a court of law.
Plantiff
Judicial theory that believes in closely following the original intent of the Constitution.
Judicial Restraint
Idea that many of the decisions and powers held by the courts exist because of prior decisions.
Precedent
How the Supreme Court decides whether or not to take a case.
Rule of Four
What happens when a higher court decides that a lower court's ruling was incorrect.
Reverse the ruling