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Vocabulary
Constitution
Judicial Branch
Famous Justices
Famous Cases & Misc.
100
the people chosen to decide a civil or criminal case
What is the jury?
100
Article of the constitution that set up the judicial branch
What is III
100
to interpret the law
What is the main job of the Judicial Branch
100
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was the first female justice.
100
Brown V. Board of Segregation
What is the case to end school segregation
200
punishment set by a court for a crime
What is a sentence?
200
the only court the Constitution established.
What is Supreme
200
9
What is the total number of justices on the supreme court
200
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American justice.
200
Roe V. Wade
What is the case to make abortion legal
300
a type of court case that involves a breaking of the law
What is criminal case?
300
number of levels of federal courts in the court system
What is 3
300
life
What is the term for a supreme court justice
300
John Jay
Who was the first Chief Justice.
300
Miranda V. Arizone
What is the case that protected the rights of those arrested.
400
A type of court case that involves disagreements over private rights
What is a civil case?
400
criminal cases are usually heard in which type of courts
What is district or trial.
400
the number of cases heard by the supreme court each year
What is 100-200 - not as many as are referred.
400
William Taft
Who was the only justice to also have been president.
400
number of men currently in the Supreme Court
What is 8
500
To ask a higher court to review a lower court's decision.
What is an appeal?
500
List the courts in order from lowest to highest.
What is district (trial), court of appeals (circuit), supreme
500
who appoints a justice and who confirms the appointment
What is the President and the Senate
500
Earl Warren
Who was the justice that fought for civil rights
500
how the judicial branch checks the powers of the other 2 branches
What is Judicial Review