Federal Judges
Who nominates federal judges?
Who is the president?
What are the two main processes for a state judge to assume office?
What are merit selection and elections?
Which position is the head of the DOJ and the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government?
Who is the U.S. Attorney General?
Where was the first public defender program opened?
What is Los Angeles, CA?
Which Supreme Court case established the concept of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What are two formal qualifications to be a federal judge?
What is there are essentially NO formal qualifications to be a federal judge?
What is the typical term length for a state judge?
What is typically 2-4 years?
What do we call the 93 prosecutors who serve directly under the Attorney General?
What are U.S. Attorneys?
Who typically pays for public counsel programs?
What is the state?
What are the three levels of judicial review?
What are rational basis, intermediate scrutiny, and strict scrutiny?
How long is a federal judge appointed to the bench?
What is for life assuming "good behavior?"
What is it called when a judge removes themself from a case to avoid potential bias or the appearance of potential bias?
What is a recusal?
Which position is responsible for deciding which cases the government would seek certiorari from the Supreme Court on?
Who is the U.S. Solicitor General?
What do we call an attorney who works for the state (either full or part time) representing indigent defendant?
What are public defenders?
The guarantee of due process relates primarily to the federal government and is found in which amendment?
What is the Fifth Amendment?
How would a federal judge be removed from office?
What is impeachment and conviction?
Other than impeachment, how might state judges be removed from office?
What is a recall election?
What term refers to the wide power of the prosecutor to make such decisions as whether to bring charges, what charges to bring, what plea bargains to offer, and what sentences to advocate for?
What is prosecutorial discretion?
What do we call counsel provided to indigent defendants that involves paying an attorney who typically works in private practice to handle the case?
What is assigned counsel?
The guarantee of equal protection relates primarily to state governments and is found in which amendment?
The Fourteenth Amendment
What are "treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors?"
What are two limitations on judicial decision making? That is to say, what are two rules about which cases judges should or should not handle?
Multiple answers accepted.
How do U.S. Attorneys (federal prosecutors) come into office?
What is they are appointed by the President?
What term refers to a defendant who chooses to forego formal legal representation and serves as their own defense?
What is a pro se defendant?
What are the two types of due process?
What are substantive and procedural?