The Courts
This court is the lowest level in the Judicial Branch. It is where most cases begin.
What are Federal District Courts?
This case was the first Supreme Court case ever heard and it established the court's power of Judicial Review
What is Marbury vs. Masdison?
This part of the federal government can overturn the Supreme Court's decision or outcome.
What is the Supreme Court?
When the Supreme Court agrees to hear a court case, the case gets placed on this.
What is the court's docket?
The number of federal district courts.
What is 94 federal district courts
This court is the 2nd level in the Federal Judicial Branch
What is the Appellate Court?
This court case upheld the 4th amendment right against illegal search and seizure.
What is Mapp vs Ohio?
The Supreme Court's decision or ruling is called this
What is a majority opinion?
The amount of Supreme Court justices that must agree to listen to a court case.
What is four judges or the Rule of Four?
This type of court case involves non-criminal actions or disputes between two people or groups.
What is a Civil Court Case?
This court is the highest level in the Judicial Branch.
What is the Supreme Court?
This case is the result of man being arrested and not having his 5th and 6th amendment rights being read. Because those rights were not read, he did not know about his right to get a lawyer and to not speak against himself.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona?
The outcome of this court case was the decision that students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse doors.
What is Tinker vs Des Moines?
This court usually hears a court case before it is appealed to the Supreme Court to be heard again.
What is the Appeals or Appellate Court?
This person or position is the lead Supreme Court justice
What is the Chief Justice?
The purpose of the Judicial Branch is to do this, so that laws are clear, and everyone knows what they mean and there is no confusion
What is to "interpret the law"?
This is the court case that established "separate but equal" was legal in public places.
What is Plessey vs. Fergerson?
The Supreme Court receives this documentation when it agrees to hear a case from one of the lower courts.
What is a writ of certiorari? (Writ of Cert)
This is the part of the Legislative Branch that approves the appointments made by the President to the Supreme Court
What is Senate?
When the Supreme Court rules that a law or action is invalid then it is this.
What is unconstitutional?
This case is overturned the Plessy vs Ferguson court decision.
What is Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS?
This court case outcome established the following statement; "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney."
What is Miranda vs Arizona
Missouri is located in this Appeals Court district.
What is Appeals Court district #8
The Judicial Branch checks the other two branches, Executive and Legislative branch, using this power given to it by Marbury vs Madison court case.
What is Judicial Review?