Unit Guide Review
The supreme court justices are picked by the ______ and approved by the _________
President, senate
The first court to hear a case is the .....
Trial Court
What happened in the Tinker V De Moines case
Mary Beth Tinker was suspended for wearing a black armband to school in protest of the Vietnam war
A group of citizens that hears a court case and determines a verdict
jury of peers
To affirm a case means what?
To say that the trial courts got it right
There are ____ Supreme court justices that serve ____ year terms
9, serve for life
Why is precedent so important to the Supreme Court?
Once a precedent is set all lower courts have to follow that decision, if a precedent is set at the supreme court level, that means the whole country has to follow
What happened in the Texas v Johnson Case and the In re Gault case?
Texas v johnson - Johnson burned the american flag in protest of Reagans reelection. Went to supreme court
In re gault - Gerald Gault prank phone called his neighbor and was sentenced to years in juvenile detention center
An individual or a group of people who brings a complaint against another party in a civil case
plaintiff
The role of the appellate court is to...
Review the trial courts decision
How does the Supreme Court check the Legislative branch?
They can call a law unconstitutional
A trial court at the federal level is called a
District Courts
What precedent did the In re Gault case set?
Said that kids and adults are owed due process under the law
A government body that brings a charge against a defendant who is accused for breaking one of its laws
Prosecution
To Remand a case is to...
Send it back to the trial courts
The supreme courts ability to overturn laws that it deems unconstitutional is called what?
Judicial Review
An appellate court at the federal level is called a
Circuit Courts
What precedent did the Texas v johnson case set
That symbolic freedom of speech is still freedom of speech
Another name for the court of appeals
Circuit Courts
What is coach V's middle name ?
Name the trial court, court of appeals, and supreme court for both the federal and state court systems
Federal - District court, Circuit court of appeals, US Supreme Court
State - Trial Court, Appellate court, Alabama supreme court
How does the Supreme Court check the Executive Branch?
They can call what the president does unconstitutional
What precedent did US V Nixon set?
That President's couldn't abuse the power of Executive Privilege
To ask a higher court to review a decision and determine whether justice was done
Appeal
What is the main purpose of the Supreme Court?
To interpret the law and to set precedent