This person is in charge of all the record keeping for the District Courts.
What is a Clerk?
100
This is the authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
What is jurisdiction?
100
This highest court is the next step up for those who want to appeal decisions of the Federal Appeals court.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
This major power of the Supreme Court makes them extremely important and controversial.
What is Judicial Review?
100
This refers to decisions made in previous court cases, used to formulate new decisions in other cases.
What is a precedent?
200
This person runs the Justice Department and Federal Prison System.
Who is the Attorney General?
200
This is the group of people who hear evidence and decide if it is sufficient to take a case to trial.
What is a Grand Jury?
200
This "system" refers to the complete collection of courts on the federal and state level.
What is the dual court system?
200
This refers to the responsibility of the court to hear and decide cases.
What is applying the law?
200
These documents contain written evidence each side would give to the justices before they can argue their case in court, sometimes with fancy Latin names.
What is a brief?
300
This is a Federal Police Officer, and often oversees prison transports, fugitive cases, and protecting courts.
What is a U.S. Marshall?
300
This refers to a situation in which a case can only be heard in federal court.
What is exclusive jurisdiction?
300
This is another name for a "District Court."
What is a trial court?
300
This aspect of a written SCOTUS decision is written by a Justice who agrees with the decision of the court.
What is a Majority Opinion?
300
Congrats! You got the Pup Justice Gavel.
Your team will get to declare two people GUILTY
400
This is a lawyer appointed by the court to help out a judge.
What is a U.S. Magistrate?
400
This is the trial jury that determines whether a person is guilty or not guilty and sets punishment.
What is a petit jury?
400
This cabinet department is in charge of our federal legal system.
What is the Justice Department?
400
This refers to the responsibility of the court to declare something constitutional or unconstitutional.
What is interpreting the law?
400
This is issued by the Grand Jury when they feel there is enough evidence to go to trial.
What is an indictment?
500
This is the Prosecutor for the Government in court.
What is a U.S. Attorney?
500
This refers to a case that can be heard by state OR federal courts.
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
500
This type of court, also known as "Appeals Court," can review the decision of a lower court.
What is a circuit court?
500
This aspect of a written SCOTUS decision is written by a Justice who disagrees with the decision of the court.
What is a Dissenting Opinion?
500
This refers to the fact that all the judges assigned to the circuit court will hear the case.