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Supreme Court
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Crime & Punishment
Vocab
100

The leader of the Supreme Court

What is the Chief Justice?

100

The famous Court case which legalized abortion in the 1970s

What is Roe v. Wade?

100

Another name for the security officer present in the courtroom who gives the oath

What is Bailiff?

100

A type of case in which you have actually broken a law

What is criminal case?

100

Formally called the Opinion of the Court; announces the decision of the Court in regards to a case

What is the Majority Opinion?

200

The length of time Supreme Court justices are allowed to serve

What is for life?

200

The case that established judicial review

What is Marbury v. Madison?
200

The timekeeper in a court case

What is the Court clerk?

200

True or False: You will never serve jail time as a result of a civil case.

What is true?

200

The term for deciding to hear a court case again in an effort to receive a different verdict

What is appeal?

300

Examples of when the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction

What is when there is conflict between two states; crimes that happen at sea; cases brought against ambassadors; etc.?

300
The case that legalized segregation in the U.S. as long as it was "separate but equal."

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

300

The person who has been accused of a crime

What is the Defendant?
300

True or False: A misdemeanor is more severe than a felony.

What is false?

300

Term for setting an example to be followed in new cases

What is precedent?

400

Of the 7,000 cases appealed to the Supreme Court, only this amount are actually heard each year.

What is about 100 cases?

400

The case that ended segregation in schools

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

400

The person that files charges in a civil case

What is the Plaintiff?

400

A Class 1 felony will result in this amount of prison time

What is Life Sentence or Death Penalty?

400

Term for deciding whether or not a law is constitutional

What is Judicial Review?

500

If the Supreme Court decides not to hear a case, stare decisis takes effect. Stare decisis means

What is the ruling of the last court stands?

500
The case that established that your rights must be read while you are being arrested, otherwise you cannot be convicted of the crime

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

500

The people who listen to the case and must reach a verdict as a group

What is the Jury?

500

A Class 1 misdemeanor cannot have a fine of over this amount

What is $2,500?

500

The judicial tendency to overturn previous decisions of the Court, or ruling laws unconstitutional

What is Judicial Activism?