Type of Courts
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
The power to speak the law
What is jurisdiction?
Name the 3 current female U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Who are Sotomayor, Keagan, and Ginsburg?
Name of the party bringing the charges/allegations in a lawsuit.
What is a plaintiff?
This type of court allows attorneys to present opening/closing arguments, cross examine witnesses, and have a jury determine the outcome
What is a trial/district court?
A person must have ________ ____ ______ in order to bring a lawsuit, that is they must have had some sort of injury from an incident
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What is standing to sue?
Name the only African American on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Clarence Thomas?
Name of the party fighting the allegations in a lawsuit.
What is a defendant?
This type of court allows attorneys to write and submit briefs and then present oral arguments
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What is an appellate/Court of Appeals?
Jurisdiction based on the U.S. Constitution or Congressional acts
What is federal jurisdiction?
Name the recent U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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Who is Brett Kavanaugh?
TRUE or FALSE: The House of Representatives confirms federal judicial appointments.
What is False?
TRUE OR FALSE: The state court system generally reflects the federal court system
What is TRUE?
Type of jurisdiction that is based on different citizenship and $75K
What is diversity of citizenship?
This case allowed the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if a law was unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Mississippi is the ______ Circuit, along with Texas and Louisiana.
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What is the 5th Circuit?
TRUE OR FALSE: The U.S. Supreme Court hears every single case on appeal
What is False?
Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case.
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What is the writ of certiorari?
Name the 4 MS courts.
What are chancery, circuit, county, and justice/municipal courts?
There are __________ federal circuits/Court of Appeals?
What are 13?