Judicial Branch 1
What court did the US Constitution create?
What it the Supreme Court.
Civil or Criminal: Cases related to the rights of citizens.
What is civil cases.
Civil or Criminal: Cases related to crimes.
What is criminal cases.
What is the first court that hears cases?
What is trial court.
These cases often involve rights being violated.
What are civil cases?
What are the two court systems in the US?
What is federal and state court system.
What is it called when, a group of twelve people listen to the evidence and decides who wins the case.
What is Jury trial.
What is the final decision of a case called?
What is verdict.
What is the job of the trial court?
What is to hear a case for the first and based off evidence decide who's right.
What is the job of the Court of Appeals?
What is to review trial court decision for errors.
What is the trial court for the federal system?
What is District Court.
How many judges does a trial court have?
What is one.
How many judges does the Court of Appeals have?
What is three.
What is it called when there is no jury, so the judge gives the verdict.
What is bench trial.
This court sets precedents for all others.
What is the Supreme Court?
This system deals with laws that apply to the whole country.
What is the federal court system?
A case goes “up” when this happens.
What is an appeal?
This changes the trial court’s decision.
What is reverse?
In a court case the person accused of the crime, known as the
What is defendant.
What is something used during a trial to prove what really happened?
What is evidence.
How many supreme court justices are there?
What is the job of the judicial branch?
What is to interpret laws.
What is it called when Supreme Court Justices review something to see if its constitutional or not
What is Judicial Review.
What does it mean to ask a higher court to review a decision?
What is an appeal?
This court can affirm, reverse, or remand.
What is an appellate court?