What is the deferment of the President to same-party members of the Senate for Judicial Appointments.
100
What kind of jurisdiction do Justice of the Peace courts have?
What is original jurisdiction only.
100
How do state judges obtain their positions? (2 ways)
What is straight ticket voting. Or appointment by the governor to fill a vacancy.
100
Marbury v. Madison circumstances and result
What is judicial review.
200
What is a 'writ of certiorari'?
What is a request for lower court records so the USSC can hear the case.
200
How do Federal Judges obtain their positions?
What is appointment by the US President and confirmation by the Senate.
200
What is recidivism?
What is the tendency of criminals to return to a life of crime after their incarceration.
200
What is the function of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles? Who do they recommend to?
What is to decide to commute one's sentence from death to life in prison. They recommend their decision to the governor.
200
McCulloch v. Maryland significance
What is the national bank case, implied powers of the Federal Government.
300
What kind of jurisdiction do the Federal District Courts have?
What is original jurisdiction.
300
Explain the two (2) types of precedent.
What is persuasive and binding precedent.
300
In which type of court is a case heard "de novo"?
What is County Trial Courts.
300
What special functions do Municipal Courts perform?
What is magistrate functions.
300
Dred Scott v. Sanford significance
What is nullification of the Missouri Compromise and the Civil War.
400
What is an Amicus Curie brief?
What is friend of the court briefs – briefs submitted in a case by non- parties to the case.
400
What was FDR's court packing plan?
What is the appointment of new justices to get the New Deal legislation ruled as constitutional.
400
What are some of the specializations of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals?
What is personal injury cases, land use, public education, regulation of state agencies and boards, etc. Attorney General goes here before the Court of Criminal Appeals
400
What is the last court of appeals for civil cases in Texas?
What is the Texas Supreme Court.
400
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas significance.
What is ruled segregation unconstitutional.
500
What are the four (4) parts of the Justiciability Doctrine?
What is Standing, a real case or controversy, ripeness and mootness, and the political question doctrine.
500
Explain the four (4) types of court opinions.
What are per curiam, majority, concurring, and dissenting.
500
How does the Texas Court of Appeals hear cases?
What is usually 'en banc', but can be heard in 3 judge panels.
500
What kind of jurisdiction do state trial courts have?
What is original jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases.
500
Texas v. Johnson significance
What is flag burning is constitutional under the First Amendment.