The Constitution & the Courts
What article of the U.S. Constitution establishes the Judicial Branch?
What is Article III?
How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court?
what is nine?
In a criminal trial, who decides guilt or innocence?
What is a jury or judge?
Which amendment protects freedom of speech?
What is the first amendment?
What are the two types of lower federal courts?
What is district courts and courts of appeals?
What is the main job of the Judicial Branch?
What is interpreting laws?
Who leads the Supreme Court?
what is the Chief Justice?
What is the difference between a criminal case and a civil case?
What is A criminal case involving someone being accused of breaking a law, while a civil case deals with disputes between individuals or groups over rights or responsibilities?
Which amendment guarantees the right to an attorney?
What is the sixth amendment?
What is the main job of federal district courts?
what is to hear cases first and make decisions on the facts and law, because they have original jurisdiction?
Which Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
what is Marbury v. Madison?
How do Supreme Court justices get their jobs?
What is they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate?
What is the written explanation of a Supreme Court decision called?
what is the Court’s opinion?
What Supreme Court case required police to inform suspects of their rights?
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
What type of jurisdiction do District Courts have?
What is original jurisdiction?
What does “judicial review” allow the Supreme Court to do?
What is Declare laws or executive actions unconstitutional?
What is the difference between the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction and its appellate jurisdiction?
What is original jurisdiction allowing the Court to hear a case first, while appellate jurisdiction allows it to review decisions made by lower courts?
How does the Supreme Court decide which cases to hear?
What is the writ of certiorari process?
Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
What is the fourth amendment?
What does it mean when an appellate court “remands” a case?
What is sending the case back to the lower court for retrial or further action?
Why did the Founders create a separate Judicial Branch?
What is to make sure laws are interpreted fairly and to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful?
Why does the Constitution give Supreme Court justices lifetime appointments
What is lifetime appointments protect justices from political pressure?
What does the “rule of four” mean?
What is at least four justices must vote to hear a case before it is placed on the case list?
How did the Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright expand the Sixth Amendment?
What is the Court ruled that states must provide an attorney to defendants who cannot afford one, expanding the Sixth Amendment right to counsel?
What kind of cases fall under federal jurisdiction?
What are cases involving federal law, constitutional issues, disputes between states, or cases involving foreign governments?