Supreme Court
The leader of the Supreme Court
What is the Chief Justice?
The famous Court case which legalized abortion in the 1970s
What is Roe v. Wade?
Another name for the security officer present in the courtroom who gives the oath
What is Bailiff?
A type of case in which you have actually broken a law
What is criminal case?
Formally called the Opinion of the Court; announces the decision of the Court in regards to a case
What is the Majority Opinion?
The length of time Supreme Court justices are allowed to serve
What is for life?
The case that established judicial review
The timekeeper in a court case
What is the Court clerk?
True or False: You will never serve jail time as a result of a civil case.
What is true?
The term for deciding to hear a court case again in an effort to receive a different verdict
What is appeal?
Examples of when the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction
What is when there is conflict between two states; crimes that happen at sea; cases brought against ambassadors; etc.?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The person who has been accused of a crime
True or False: A misdemeanor is more severe than a felony.
What is false?
Term for setting an example to be followed in new cases
What is precedent?
Of the 7,000 cases appealed to the Supreme Court, only this amount are actually heard each year.
What is about 100 cases?
The case that ended segregation in schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The person that files charges in a civil case
What is the Plaintiff?
A Class 1 felony will result in this amount of prison time
What is Life Sentence or Death Penalty?
Term for deciding whether or not a law is constitutional
What is Judicial Review?
If the Supreme Court decides not to hear a case, stare decisis takes effect. Stare decisis means
What is the ruling of the last court stands?
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The people who listen to the case and must reach a verdict as a group
What is the Jury?
A Class 1 misdemeanor cannot have a fine of over this amount
What is $2,500?
The judicial tendency to overturn previous decisions of the Court, or ruling laws unconstitutional
What is Judicial Activism?