Judicial Time
The Power of a higher Court to hear appeals from a lower court
What is Appellate jurisdiction?
When judges strike down laws or reverse public policy
What is Judicial Activism?
The current Chief Justice and guides with judicial minimalism
Who is Chief Justice Roberts?
The party initiating the action
What is plaintiff?
The case that is responsible for the reason officers read an individuals rights when making an arrest.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Supreme Court case that initiated judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The vast, hierarchical organization of executive branch employees
What is the bureaucracy?
Court known for issuing the decision in Roe v. Wade
What is the Burger Court?
What is 80,000?
a brief arguing why the lower court erred.
What is petition for certiorari?
Article that created the Supreme Court system
What is Article lll?
The relationship among these three entities is known as the Iron Triangle:congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and _______
What are Interest Groups?
Court known for upholding the "separate but equal" doctrine
The Rehnquist Court
considering past decisions made in other district courts or far away circuit courts as a guiding basis for a decision.
What is persuasive precedent?
What is the Senate Judiciary Committee?
Principle that refers to adhering to a precedent
What is stare decisis?
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
What is a majority opinion?
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What is Brown v. Board of Education
a parliamentary procedure that allows the Senate to override a standing rule by a simple majority, avoiding the two-thirds supermajority normally required to invoke cloture
What is the Nuclear option?
The court known for extending many liberties and overturning many existing precedents
A check and balance on agencies
What is Congressional Oversight?
the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
What is Judicial review?
The Number of Geographic circuits across the country
What is 11?
the power to interpret legislation and
create rules—to executive departments and agencies.
What is delegated discretionary authority?