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Civics Chap.10
Civics Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plaintiff | An individual or a group of people who bring a complaint against another party in a civil case |
| defendant | The party who answers a complaint and defends against it in a court case |
| Prosecution | A government body that brings a charge against a defendant who is accused of breaking one of its laws |
| Precedent | A guideline for how similar cases should be decided in the future |
| original jurisdiction | A court’s authority to hear a case first |
| appeal | To ask a higher court to review a decision and determine whether justice was done |
| appellate jurisdiction | A court’s authority to hear an appeal of a decision by another court |
| courts of appeals | Courts that handle appeals from lower federal district courts |
| circuit courts | Another name for the courts of appeals |
| judicial review | The Supreme Court’s power to overturn any law that it decides is in conflict with the Constitution |
| opinion | A written statement by a court explaining the reasons for a decision |
| judicial activism | An effort by judges to take an active role in policymaking by overturning laws relatively often |
| judicial restraint | An effort by judges to avoid overturning laws and to leave policymaking up to the other two branches of government |
| What do federal courts do? | Resolve legal conflicts, apply laws to actual situations. |
| What kind of conflicts do federal courts resolve? | Criminal cases and CIvil cases/ |
| What is a civil case? | An issues about a disagreement. |
| True or false. Federal courts and The Supreme Court will only hear Civil cases. | Fasle they will hear civil and criminal cases. |
| What kind of courts do courts do states have. | Municipal courts that operate on a city level and take care of things like parking tickets. Most legal descions are decided upon by state courts. |
| What are circuit courts? | Circuit courts are that take care of appeals from federal district courts. |
| Do courts of appeals function like normal courts? | No, they just decide whether or not the previous court's descion was correct. |
| How many district courts are there in the US? | 94 |
| True or false. Each state has at least one district court. | True Larger states get more courts |
| Was judicial review a part of the constitution? | No, The supreme court gave itself this power very early on. |
| What case gave the supreme court the power to judicial review? and what what happened in that case? | Marbury v. Madison. In this case Marbury was suing madison because he was not given the job promised to him by the president of the time. |
| What was the judiciary act? | The judiciary act created the courts of appeals and the district courts. |
| What was the "Warren Court" | (named after chief justice earl warren.) This was what the "personality" of the supreme court was called from 1953 to 1969. |
| What was the warren court well know for? an what was a well know case that occurred in that time? | The warren court was well know for defending the rights of people of accused of crimes. A landmark case was Miranda v. Arizona. |
| True or false. The Warren court was well know for being a good example of judicial restraint. | False. The Burger Court was well know for showing judicial restraint. The warren court was well know fro their judicial activism. |
| Was judicial review in the constitution. | No, judicial review was established with the Judiciary act. |
| How are judges selected? | No requirements, chosen by the president, adn approved by the senate. |
| What is the supreme court? | The highest court in the land. |
| How does the supreme court decide which cases to hear? | They hear cases about constitutional issues. |
| What does judicial review give the courts the power to do? | They may overturn laws. |
| What are both sides of the court cases called? | Parties. |
| Which courts have the highest workloads? | DIstrict courts. |
| Who decides the facts in a case? | The Jury |
| In the case Miranda v. Arizona who is the defendant? | Arizona |
| What document set up the frame work for the judicial branch? | The constitution. |
| What is a circuit? | The area a court covers. |
| What is the #1 priority of the supreme court? | To be the final court of appeals. |
| What are the two types of courts at the federal level? | Supreme and Federal |
| Does the supreme court get absolutely no help when deciding? | They get help from the President. |
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