Civil or Criminal
Shoplifting is tried as a violation of this type of law.
What is...constitutional law?
This court is the "highest in all the land"
What is...the Supreme Court?
This is the number of justices on the court.
What is...9?
When a court hears a case for the first time.
What is...original jurisdiction?
Any offense related to physical harm of another person is tried under this type of law.
What is...criminal?
This type of law is established by lawmaking bodies
What is...statutory law?
This is the name of the court that only hears cases in which there has already been one ruling.
What is...the Appellate Court?
What is...a dissenting opinion?
This court is the only one that cannot hear appeals.
What are...district courts?
Divorce is an example of this type of case.
What is...civil?
This type of law comes into play when judges hear a case in which there is no established law, and thus they rely on decisions made in previous cases to make a ruling.
What is...common law?
This is the name of the lowest court level.
What is...District Court?
Marbury v. Madison established this.
What is...Judicial Review?
Only hears cases that have been ruled on once, to determine whether the previous ruling was fair an interpreted correctly.
Disputes between neighbors or property owners is tried as this type of case.
What is...civil?
This type of law is established by federal agencies like the FDA.
What is...administrative law?
There is at least 1 of these in each state, but some have as many as 4.
What are...District Courts?
This is the amount of time each side gets to argue their case in front of the justices.
What is...30 minutes?
This is one of three instances where the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction.
What is...
disputes between states
diplomatic representatives from other countries
cases between state and federal government
Financial crimes are tried as this type of case.
What is...criminal?
This is the length of term for a federally appointed judge.
What is...life?
This court has a panel of 3 judges.
What is the Appellate Court?
This is the most recently appointed justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is...Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This is what happens when a higher court refuses to hear an appeal.