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Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
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Misc. 2
100
Customary law that develops from judges' decisions and is followed in situations not covered by existing law.
What is common law
100
Laws that refer to disputes between people.
What is civil law.
100
Illegal behavior considered harmful to society.
What is a crime.
100
He established the principle of judicial review.
Who is John Marshall
100
Determines the size of congress.
What is Congress
200
Judges of the Supreme Court
What are justices
200
Earlier court decision that guides judges' decisions in later cases.
What is precedent.
200
Written statement by the U.S. Supreme Court explaining its reasoning behind a particular decision.
What is an opinion.
200
The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled that segregation laws were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
200
The only way Supreme Court justices can be removed from office.
What is impeachment.
300
Laws that define what acts are crimes.
What is criminal law.
300
Authority of a court to be the first court to hold trials in certain kinds of cases.
What is original jurisdiction.
300
Power of the Supreme Court to determine whether a law passed by Congress or a presidential action is constitutional.
What is judicial review.
300
The length of service for Supreme Court justices.
What is life.
300
The approximate number of cases placed on the Supreme Court docket each year.
What is 85-90
400
Return a case to a lower court for a new trial.
What is remand
400
Authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.
What is appellate jurisdiction.
400
The authority a court has to hear and decide a case.
What is jurisdiction
400
The source of law would take an unsafe toy of the market.
What is administrative law.
400
Must happen before a law can be declared unconstitutional.
What is someone must challenge the law and bring a case to court.
500
To ask a higher court to review a case.
What is appeal.
500
One of 12 judicial districts covered by a court of appeals.
What is circuit.
500
Law based on the Constitution and on Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution.
What is constitutional law.
500
Courts at the base (bottom) of the federal court system.
What are district courts.
500
Source of law in which a judge relies on a precedent set by another judge.
What is common law.