This type of law involves a crime committed, such as theft or assault.
What is criminal law?
Number of U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
What is 9?
The philosophy where judges actively overturn laws or decisions.
What is judicial activism?
Case that ruled school-sponsored prayer unconstitutional.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
Case that extended the right to counsel during police interrogations.
What is Escobedo v. Illinois?
This type of law involves one party claiming harm or violation of rights.
What is civil law?
This person appoints Supreme Court Justices, and this body confirms them.
What is the President and the Senate?
The philosophy where judges are cautious and rely on precedent.
What is judicial restraint?
Case that protected student speech in school with black armbands.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Case that required police to read suspects their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The type of court that hears a case for the first time.
What is original jurisdiction
This case established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
First African American justice appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Case that established symbolic speech includes flag burning.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
Case that granted the right to an attorney in all felony cases.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This type of jurisdiction allows either state or federal courts to hear a case.
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
A formal request to review a lower court case.
What is a writ of certiorari?
First woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Case that created the 'Lemon Test' for laws involving religion.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
The case that ruled the death penalty unconstitutional as applied
What is Furman v. Georgia?
When a higher court reviews the decision of a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
If the Supreme Court denies to hear a case, this principle lets the lower decision stand.
What is stare decisis?
First Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Case that ruled evidence from illegal searches cannot be used in court.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
Case that reinstated the death penalty under guided discretion.
What is Gregg v. Georgia?