Vocabulary 1
The ability to hear a case first
What is original jurisdiction
The authority to hear and decide a case
What is Jurisdiction
When a federal judge gets appointed they serve 10 year terms.
What is False
What is the role of the judicial branch of the U.S. government?
What is Interpret Laws
The federal court system consists of what 3 courts
What is federal district courts, federal appeals courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Lowest level of the federal court system
What is district courts
Party that that has charged being brought against
What is Defendant
District courts are the only federal court where witnesses testify and juries hear cases.
What is True
The job of an appeals court is to
What is review decisions made in lower courts.
How many justices are on the Supreme Court
What is 9. (There are eight associate justices and one chief justice).
Individual or group of people that brings a complaint against another party to court
What is plaintiff
Ruling that is used as a basis for a later ruling
What is judicial precedent
Every state has at least one U.S. Court of Appeals.
What is False (Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming do not)
How many district courts exist in the federal court system?
What is 94
How many U.S. Court of Appeals exist in the federal court system?
What is 13 (There are 12 + 1 Federal).
A listing of court cases to hear.
What is a docket?
Presents the views of the majority of the US Supreme Court
What is Majority Opinion
A Federal District Court is said to have original jurisdiction.
What is True
How does a federal court judge get their job?
What is Appointed by the President, approved by Senate
The U.S. Court of Appeals was originally called
What is Circuit Courts
Written by a US Supreme Court Justice who agrees with the majority, but for a different reason
What is Concurrent Opinion
Written by a US Supreme Court Justice who disagrees with the court’s decision
What is Dissenting Opinion
The court case Gideon v Wainwright established judicial review for the Supreme Court.
What is False
Which of the following established the principle of separate but equal?
What is Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
What does the Surpeme Court Term being?
What is the first Monday in October.