T. 7 L. 1 Vocab
The lower federal courts, under the Supreme Court.
What are inferior courts?
The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
What is Judicial Review?
Right to bear arms
What is the 2nd Amendment.
An agreement with the Court and other opinions on a certain case.
What is a concurring opinion?
The Constitution protects the rights of individuals against the government through this document.
What is The Bill of Rights
The authority of a court to hear a case.
What is jurisdiction?
Written statement that spells out the party's legal position and cites relevant facts and legal precedents
What is a Brief?
No forced quartering of soldiers in home
What is the 3rd Amendment
All justices are nominated by this person.
What is the President?
These clauses prohibit the government from establishing a religion and protect the citizen's right to practice their religion as they please.
What is the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause?
an opinion which is basically in agreement with the decision that the Court has made, but which bases that opinion on different reasons
What is concurring opinion
The opinion on which the decision of the Court is based, Which identifies the issues in the case and the reasons for the decision.
What is Majority Opinion?
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
What is the 9th Amendment.
All Supreme Court justices are approved by this body.
What is the Senate?
Possible infringement on other's rights
What is rights are not absolute?
a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
What is Plaintiff
opinion of one or more judges which disagrees with the reasoning stated in the majority or plurality opinion.
What is dissenting opinion.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
What is the 10th Amendment.
This is when the Supreme Court justices incorporate personal beliefs and loose intrepretation of the Constitution to overturn legislation.
What is Judicial Activism?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of making formal complaints to the government or peacefully protesting.
What is limited to the Government to protect rights of petition and assembly?
The authority of a court to hear a case
What is jurisdiction
The Supreme Court's acceptance of a petition filed with the Court asking for a review of a lower court ruling.
What is writ of certiorari.
Protection against excessive bails and fines
What is the 8th Amendment
This is when the Supreme Court Justices use strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What is Judicial Restraint?
This is the reason that the case of Tinker vs. Des Moines illustrates the constitutional protection of symbolic speech.
What is the First Amendment?