Acclaimed Arbiters
This individual is not technically a judge, but due to their role is often referred to as the "10th Justice"
This phrase translates roughly to 'as it stands'
What is stare decisis?
This theoretical framework provides the basis for many judicial behavior models.
What is rational choice theory?
This organization used to set the standard for reviewing all potential nominees to the federal judiciary.
What is the American Bar Association?
This Article of the U.S. Constitution prescribes the basic structure of the judicial branch.
What is Article III?
The only individual to serve as POTUS and on SCOTUS
Who is William Howard Taft?
This phrase gets petitioners their day in court before SCOTUS
What is certiorari?
Haire et al 2003 use this classic model to explain the constraining behavior of appellete courts on lower district court decisions.
What is the principal-agent relationship?
This type of judge is appointed by federal district judges for 8-year renewable terms.
What is a magistrate judge?
Written by Alexander Hamilton on May 28, 1788, this publication described the future structure and role of the judiciary in U.S. federalism.
What is Federalist No. 78?
These are the nine justices currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who are Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson?
A judge may say this in their opinion, but is it precedent?
What is obiter dicta?
In their 1998 book, the Choices Judges Make, Epstein & Knight examine this particular choice related to the burden put on the state to justify differential treatment, bargained between judges in Craig v. Boren (1976). For full points, name all of the choices in this category.
What is the level of scrutiny?
What are rational basis, intermediate scrutiny and strict scrutiny?
This plan for selecting state judges includes a nonpartisan judicial commission with a retention vote in next election cycle.
What is the Missouri Plan?
In 1790, the U.S. had this many judicial circuits of the federal court.
What is three?
This former member of the Navajo Supreme Court wrote, "If we say of law that 'life comes from it', then where there is hurt, there must be healing."
Who is Chief Justice Emeritus Robert Yazzie?
This phrase is invoked when a court must produce a detained individual and roughly translates to 'you have the body'.
What is habeas corpus?
Hazelton et al 2023 provide evidence that judges who work in the same building, on the same circuit and/or on the same panel are likely to engage in these two ways of shaping one another's behavior.
What is suppressing and persuading?
Early this year, the Trump administration fired over 100 administrative judges at this agency -- including the majority of their internal appeals board.
What is the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR)?
Until 1911, justices were expected to engage in this activity to 'mingle with the American people'.
What is riding the circuit?
This member of SCOTUS had his opinion in this case leaked prior to final approval, setting in motion an internal crisis at the court. For full points, state the justice and the case.
Who is Associate Justice Samuel Alito?
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)?
This type of brief lets the court know who your friends really are.
What is amicus curiae?
In SCAMR, Segal & Spaeth credit this group of theorists for challenging the legal model and setting the stage for their interpretation of the attitudinal model.
Who are the legal realists?
This coveted note of approval plays a vitol role in determining the success of federal judicial nominees before the Senate.
What is a blue slip?
Named for this foundational arbiter, these cases from the 1800s make up the basis for all U.S. Indian Law.
What is the Marshall Trilogy?
Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823), Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832)