Supreme Court
Assorted
Assorted
Judges
Courts
100
The Supreme Court's final decision is called this
What is the Opinion of the Court or Majority Opinion
100
Salaries for federal court judges are decided by this body
What is Congress
100
Literally means "bring forth the body" so that they can be informed of charges and post bail etc.
What is habeas corpus
100
Federal judges serve a term of this length
What is Life or during good behavior
100
This court has original jurisdiction over MOST cases heard in federal court.
What is District Court.
200
This rule says how many judges must agree to accept a case
What is the Rule of 4
200
The number of federal district courts
What is 94
200
The exclusionary rule protects Americans from abuse by
What is police or the government
200
This opinion of the supreme court will not be present if the decision is unamimous
What is the Minority Opinion
200
New laws that cannot apply to things that happened in the past
What are Expos Facto Laws
300
Cases can reach the Supreme Court by a writ of
What is certiorari.
300
A legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial
What are Bills of Attainder
300
This was put in place by the federal government to overcome the effects of past discrimination?
What is Affirmative Action
300
Determines the terms of office for constitutional court judges?
What is Congress
300
A court order which allows a judge to hold a suspect in fear of harming society
What is Preventative Detention
400
Landmark decision that established the federal government's power to settle disputes between states over interstate commerce
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
400
In civil law, the party who brings suit or some other legal action against another in court
What is the Plaintiff
400
Discrimination against the majority group is called
What is Reverse Discrimination
400
Judges in these courts are appointed for terms varying from four to eight years.
What are constitutional courts
400
Landmark case that established the power of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison
500
In the rare case of a tie vote in the Supreme Court, the result means that
What is "the previous ruling from an inferior court stands"
500
The legal qualification to be a federal judge is
What is None
500
These courts hear most federal cases
What is district court
500
This elastic clause is formally known as this
What is Necessary and Proper Clause
500
This landmark decision said that separate but equal was constitutional
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
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