Key Terms
The authority to hear a case first
What is original jurisdiction?
In a generic three-tiered court structure, this type of court is typically at the base
What is trial?
Location of the "judicial" branch in Greene County
What is the courthouse in Stanardsville?
Article of the Constitution that establishes state and local courts.
What is Article VI?
Term in office for the Virginia Supreme Court
What is 12 years?
Key term that captures the idea that in the United States we have two judicial tracks.
What is Dual system of judicial power?
Most common # of judges on a state's Supreme Court (true for Virginia)
What is 7?
Primary court of record in Greene County
What is the Circuit Court?
This constitution explicitly allows state law certification questions
What is Virginia's?
The term of office for courts of record in Virginia below the Supreme Court
What is 8 years?
Issues warrants, administers oaths, decides bail and issues subpoenas for the State of Virginia
Who are Magistrates?
Major US Supreme Court decision that led to increased state court involvement in reproductive rights
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health
Two courts NOT of record in Greene County
What are the General District Court and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations (JDR) Court?
Selection process for judges in Virginia
What is elected by the General Assembly
# of judicial districts in Virginia
What is 32?
The authority to review the decisions of a lower court for legal errors.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
Challenges facing virtual court proceedings
What are variable internet access and digital literacy?
Current Commonwealth Attorney in Greene County
Who is Edwin "Win" Consolvo?
Length of time you must be a member of the Bar to be considered for a judgeship in Virginia.
What is five years?
# of judicial circuits in Virginia
What is 31?
Increased influence of state constitutions in judicial systems
What is judicial federalism?
Ways of selecting judges that was designed to remove politics from judicial selection
What is the Missouri Plan?
# of Circuit Court judges working in Greene County.
What is 6?
Current chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court
Who is Cleo E. Powell?
# of Judges on the Virginia Court of Appeals
What is 17?