Supreme Court
The highest level of court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
This case upheld the implied powers of Congress through the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
A written explanation of a judge’s decision in a case.
What is an opinion?
These courts are the first level of federal courts where trials take place?
What are U.S. District Courts?
The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
The number of justices in the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
This case overturned legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The term for the authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
What is jurisdiction?
These courts review decisions made by lower courts and do not hold trials.
What are U.S. Courts of Appeals?
This term refers to a judge following the decisions of previous court rulings.
What is precedent?
The type of jurisdiction that allows the Supreme Court to hear a case first.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
This case ruled that suspects must be read their rights before questioning.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The term for the Supreme Court’s authority to review decisions made by lower courts?
What is appellate jurisdiction?
The type of system the United States uses for its courts.
What is Duel Court System?
Term when an appellate court upholds a lower courts decision.
What is affirm?
A minimum of this many justices must agree to hear a case for the Supreme Court to grant certiorari.
What is four? (The Rule of Four)
This case ruling was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This legal term refers to a written order from a higher court directing a lower court to send up records for a review.
What is a writ of certiorari?
This federal court has the power to settle disputes between states.
What is the Supreme Court?
Term when an appellate court reverses a lower courts decision.
What is remand?
The title given to the leader of the Supreme Court.
Who is the Chief Justice.
(Double Jeopardy) How did Marbury v. Madison strengthen the system of checks and balances, and identify which branch gained a new power.
What is by giving the Judicial Branch the power of judicial review, allowing it to check the Legislative and Executive branches by delaying their actions unconstitutional.
What is judicial restraint?
This court has nationwide jurisdiction and hears cases involving military discipline.
What is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces?
Who hears the case of a presidential impeachment instead of the Supreme Court?
What is the Senate?