Court Basics
$100: This is the highest federal court in the United States.
Answer: What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
$100: This is the person or party accused of wrongdoing in a civil or criminal court.
Answer: Who is the Defendant?
$100: This amendment protects citizens against "unreasonable" or illegal searches.
Answer: What is the 4th Amendment?
$100: This type of case involves a disagreement between two parties, often seeking damages rather than jail time.
Answer: What is a Civil Case?
$100: This is the "supreme law of the land" that structures the entire legal system.
Answer: What is the Constitution?
$200: This term refers to the authority of a court to hear a case first.
Answer: What is Original Jurisdiction?
$200: In a civil case, this is the person who files the original complaint.
Answer: Who is the Plaintiff?
$200: This amendment guarantees your right to a lawyer and a "speedy and public trial".
Answer: What is the 6th Amendment?
$200: This is a serious crime, like a robbery or murder, that is punished with prison time.
Answer: What is a Felony?
$200: During this court step, the charges are read to the defendant and they enter a plea.
Answer: What is an Arraignment?
$300: These are the lowest federal courts where trials are held.
Answer: What are the U.S. District Courts?
$300: This government lawyer is responsible for bringing charges in a criminal case.
Answer: Who is the Prosecution?
$300: This term refers to the protections that ensure the government treats the accused fairly.
Answer: What is Due Process?
$300: This landmark Supreme Court case established that "clear and present danger" can limit free speech.
Answer: What is Schenck v. U.S.?
$300: This is a formal charge issued by a grand jury.
Answer: What is an Indictment?
$400: This is the number of justices that sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Answer: What is nine?
$400: This is the title of the leader of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Answer: Who is the Chief Justice?
$400: This amendment prevents "double jeopardy," or being tried for the same crime twice.
Answer: What is the 5th Amendment?
$400: This case ruled that the burning of the American flag is a protected form of symbolic speech.
Answer: What is Texas v. Johnson?
$400: This is the power of the Supreme Court to decide if a law or action is constitutional.
Answer: What is Judicial Review?
$500: This type of jurisdiction allows a court to review decisions made by lower courts.
Answer: What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
$500: This group of citizens is responsible for deciding the verdict in a felony trial.
Answer: What is a Jury?
$500: This amendment applies the "Equal Protection" and "Due Process" clauses to the states.
Answer: What is the 14th Amendment?
$500: This rule states that evidence obtained through an illegal search cannot be used in court.
Answer: What is the Exclusionary Rule?
$500: This is a rule or standard created by a previous court decision that must be followed in future cases.
Answer: What is a Precedent?