The supreme court
What is the total number of justices that currently sit on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This is the power of the courts to declare laws or executive acts unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This is the written document submitted by lawyers to explain their legal arguments before a trial.
What is a brief?
This branch of government has the power to nominate federal judges.
What is the Executive Branch?
Who serves as the head of the entire federal court system?
Who is chief justice.
This case ended segregation in public schools, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This type of jurisdiction allows a court to hear a case for the very first time.
What is original jurisdiction?
This is the official decision of the Supreme Court that sets a legal precedent.
What is the majority opinion?
This body of Congress must "advise and consent" to confirm a judicial nominee.
What is the Senate?
What is the length of the term for a Supreme Court Justice.
What is for life.
This ruling ensures that suspects are informed of their right to remain silent upon arrest.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
When a court reviews a decision from a lower court, it is exercising this type of jurisdiction.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This is the opinion written by a justice who disagrees with the majority's conclusion.
What is a dissenting opinion?
This is the only way a federal judge can be forcibly removed from office for misconduct.
What is impeachment and conviction?
To have your case heard by the Supreme Court, you must request this formal writ
What is a Writ of Certiorari?
In this case, the Court ruled that those who cannot afford an attorney must be provided one by the state.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This term describes the philosophy that justices should broadly interpret the Constitution to meet modern needs.
What is judicial activism?
A justice who agrees with the majority's result but for different legal reasons writes this type of opinion.
What is a concurring opinion?
Congress can get around a Supreme Court ruling by passing one of these to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
This is the minimum number of justices required to agree to hear a case.
What is the Rule of Four?
This case defined the First Amendment rights of students in public schools regarding symbolic speech (armbands).
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This term describes the philosophy that justices should limit their own power and stick closely to the original text.
What is judicial restraint?
These "friend of the court" briefs are filed by outside groups interested in a case's outcome.
What are Amicus Curiae briefs?
This Article of the U.S. Constitution creates and defines the Judicial Branch.
What is Article III?