Catch a Case
This case forces police offers to recite 4 declamatory sentences followed by a question for a total of 57 words.
What is Miranda v. Arizona
This article of the Constitution contains the framework and rules for establishing the Judicial Branch.
What is Article III
The first woman confirmed to Supreme Court is ______________.
Who is Sandra Day O'Conner
A writ ordering a person to attend court.
What is a subpoena
This is the total number of Appellate Courts in the US.
What is 12
(13 if including military)
This case involved a state attempting to tax a federal bank and established the supremacy of federal laws over state laws.
What is McCullough v. Maryland
Only one of these was created by the Constitution and their rulings can not be appealed, but can be changed based on Justices.
What is the Supreme Court
The first African American justice (Thurgood Marshall), was appointed by this president.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
A written legal document presented to courts to argue why one party should prevail.
What is a brief
This number is the total number of District Courts in the US.
What are 94
This case started the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison
The U.S. court system consists of Federal Courts and State Courts. This two court system is known a ________________.
What is a dual system
The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is ___________.
Who is Chief Justice John Roberts
The opinion of the Supreme Court justices that was not in the majority, therefore is not the interpretation of the courts.
What is the dissenting opinion
The importance of the majority opinion lies in that ____________.
What is sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision.
This case involves a limitation on your first amendment rights (specifically freedom of speech) during times of war in the event of causing a clear and present danger.
What is Schenck v. United States
This branch of government has the power to create lower courts.
What is the Legislative Branch
The oldest current Justice on the Supreme Court is ______________.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The courts right to hear and decide a case before any Judicial Review.
What is jurisdiction
___________ is the difference between a jury trial and a bench trial.
Bench trials take place in front of a judge who makes the final decision based on credibility evidence.
Jury trials take place in front of a jury who render a verdict based on the persuasion/ compellingness of the evidence.
This case involves a protest in which an American flag was burned, the man was arrested, fined and later set free due to a violation of his 1st Amendment rights.
What is Texas v. Johnson
An appeal to a lower courts decision allows for a review in this court.
What is the Appellate Court
This Chief Justice was appointed by Richard Nixon and presided over a more conservative ideology of interpretation.
Who is Chief Justice Warren Burger
This term describes a legal case that establishes a principle or rule. This principle or rule is then used by the court or other judicial bodies when deciding later cases with similar issues or facts. The Latin term stare decisis is the doctrine of legal principle.
What is precedent
How is a Justice removed from the Supreme Court?
What is impeachment, resignation or death.