Important Terms
This term describes the division of power between the national government and state governments.
What is Federalism
The Supreme Court is part of this branch of government
What is the Judicial Branch?
The total number of justices on the Supreme Court
What is nine?
The number of justices who must agree to hear a case.
What is 4?
This person serves as the head of the Supreme Court and has additional administrative responsibilities
Who is the Chief Justice?
This type of opinion is written by justices who disagree with the majority decision
What is a Dissenting Opinion
The Supreme Court primarily interprets this document.
What is the Constitution?
The title of the justice who presides over the Supreme Court
What is the Chief Justice?
A formal, written argument is presented by each side of a Supreme Court case?
What is a Brief?
True or False: Supreme Court justices serve for life, unless they retire or are impeached.
True
The Supreme Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review
The highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court?
True or False: All justices on the Supreme Court have the same power in deciding cases.
True
This part of a case allows each side to present arguments directly to the justices.
What is Oral Arguments?
The role of a justice who does not agree with the majority decision is to write this type of opinion
A court that reviews cases from lower courts
What is an Appellate Court?
True or False: The Supreme Court can make new laws
The process in which the president nominates a justice and this group confirms.
What is the Senate?
the term for a written decision explains the Court's majority view.
What is the Majority Opinion?
When justices agree with the majority decision but for different reasons, they may write this type of opinion.
What is a Concurring Opinion?
This document is issued when the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case.
What is a Writ of Certiorari?
The Supreme Court has the power to create a ______ regarding a law
what is a precedent?
The branch of government that nominates Supreme Court justices
What is the Executive Branch
Preliminary
Before each case is officially decided, justices gather in this private meeting to discuss and make preliminary decisions.
What is the Conference