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To carry someone off by force.
Kidnap
To ask a higher court to review a case
Appeal
A person accused of doing something that is not legal
Defendant
An assigned area or district
Circuit
A public session held at the start of a Supreme Court case
sitting
part of the US, but not one of the 50 states of the District of Columbia
territory
to break a low or rule
violate
A period of time during which justices study facts and briefs of the case
Recess
The jurys duty is to discuss the evidence and reach a(n) ____________, or decision.
verdict
The 16th amendment said that taxes did not have to be _________ among the states
judicial restraint
reverse
_________ is the power and right to interpret and apply the law.
jurisdiction
Chief Justice Warren believed the Court should practice _________
Judicial activation
A _________ is a short statement of the facts and points of the law of a case.
brief
The Supreme Courts power to declare laws unconstitutional is called __________
judicial review
_________ are the only federal courts that use juries.
Court of appeal
District courts
Tax Courts
Federal claims courts
District Courts
The Supreme Court made it illegal to segregate schools in _________.
1854
1896
1920
1954
1954
If the case involves a(n) _________, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over it.
Lawyer
Police officer
Ambassador
Foreign country
Ambassador
Judges on the court of appeals _________
review the legal procedures involved in the original case
pass the case to the Supreme Court
Make a decision immediately
ask for new facts to be presented
review the legal procedures involved in the original case
_______ hear cases appealed from the Court of International Trade.
Federal Claims Courts
Courts of Customs and Patent Appeals
Territorial Courts
Tax Courts
Courts of Customs and Appeals