The Courts
The Cases
The Outcomes
How Cases Reach the S.C.
Everything Else
100
This court is the lowest level in the Judicial Branch. It is where most cases begin.
What are Federal District Courts?
100
This case was the first Supreme Court case ever heard and it established the court's power of Judicial Review
What is Marbury vs. Masdison?
100
This part of the federal government can overturn the Supreme Court's decision or outcome.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
When Supreme Court agrees to hear a court case, the case gets placed on this.
What is the court's docket?
100
The number of federal district courts.
What is 94 federal district courts
200
In this level of the Judicial Branch, you bring your case in front of a group of three judges who decide the outcome of your cases. This is court is the 2nd level in the federal Judicial Branch
What is an appellate court?
200
This case establised the Exclusionary Rule and upheld the 4th amendment right against illegal search and seizure.
What is Mapp vs Ohio?
200
The Supreme Court's decision or ruling is called this
What is a majority opinion?
200
The amount of Supreme Court justices that must agree to listen to a court case.
What is four judges or the Rule of Four?
200
This amendment protects you against illegal searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment
300
This court is the highest level in the Judicial Branch. Made up of nine judges.
What is the Supreme Court?
300
This case is the result of man being arrested and not having his 5th and 6th amendment rights being read. Because those rights were not read, he did not know about his right to get a lawyer, to not speak against himself, and many other rights.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona?
300
The outcome of this court case was the decision that students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse doors.
What is Tinker vs Des Moines?
300
This court usually hears a court case before it is appealed to the Supreme Court to be heard again.
What is the Appeals or Appellate Court?
300
This person or position is the lead Supreme Court justice
What is the Chief Justice?
400
The purpose of the Judicial Branch is to do this, so that laws are clear, and everyone know what they mean and there is no confusion
What is to "interpret the law"?
400
This is the case where a man was denied access to a "Whites Only" train cart because he was African-American, and he filed suit against the railroad company.
What is Plessey vs. Fergerson?
400
The outcome of this court case was the desegregation of public schools.
What is Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS
400
The Supreme Court asks for this when it agrees to hear a case from one of the lower courts.
What is a writ of certiorari?
400
This is the part of the Legislative Branch that approves the appointments made by the President to the Supreme Court
What is Senate?
500
When the Supreme Court rules that a law or action is invalid then it is this.
What is unconstitutional?
500
This case is overturned the Plessy vs Ferguson court decision.
What is Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS?
500
In this case outcome established the following statement;You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney.
What is Miranda vs Arizona
500
Missouri is located in this Appeals Court district.
What is Appeals Court district #8
500
The Judicial Branch checks the other two branches, Executive and Legislative branch, using this power given to it by Marbury vs Madison court case.
What is Judicial Review?
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