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QUESTION:

•What court brings two parties with conflicts before an impartial arbiter, or judge

ANSWER:

•Adversarial

QUESTION:

•What it the court’s authority to hear a case?

ANSWER:

•Jurisdiction

QUESTION:

•Jurisdiction in which case is first heard?

ANSWER:

•Original

QUESTION:

•What is the jurisdiction in which court hears a case from a lower court?

ANSWER:

•Appellate

QUESTION:

•What type of jurisdiction can only be heard in certain courts?

ANSWER:

•Exclusive

QUESTION:

•What is a court mentioned in the constitution?

ANSWER:

•Supreme Court

QUESTION:

•Who can create all other courts beside the Supreme Court?

ANSWER:

•Congress

QUESTION:

•How many district courts are staffed?

ANSWER:

•94

QUESTION:

•This court reviews cases from the United States courts of appeals and state supreme courts

ANSWER:

•Supreme Court

QUESTION:

•What percent of cases in district courts end in trials?

ANSWER:

•2%

QUESTION:

•Federal judges are appointed by

ANSWER:

•The President

QUESTION:

•Federal Judges are confirmed by

ANSWER:

•Majority vote in senate

QUESTION:

•What does ABA stand for?

ANSWER:

•American Bar Association

QUESTION:

•Name one of two Nomination criteria

ANSWER:

•Competence or Ideology or policy preferences

QUESTION:

•Who is the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice

ANSWER:

•Sonia Sotomayor

QUESTION:

•What is the rule that requires 4 justices to agree to hear the case?

ANSWER:

•Rule of Four

QUESTION:

•How long can attorneys present their case in oral arguments?

ANSWER:

•30 minutes

QUESTION:

•Opinion of the Court

ANSWER:

•Majority Opinion

QUESTION:

•Supports the majority opinion but stresses different constitutional or legal reasons for reaching the judgement.

ANSWER:

•Concurring Opinion

QUESTION:

•“Friend of Court” briefs

ANSWER:

•Amicus Curiae

QUESTION:

•Advocates of __________________ argue that the Supreme Court should use precedent and the Framers’ original intent to decide cases.

ANSWER:

•Judicial Restraint

QUESTION:

•Court case in which judicial review was established

ANSWER:

•Marbury v Madison.

QUESTION:

•“Let the decision stand”

ANSWER:

•Stare decisis

QUESTION:

•Court reversed the decision that separate but equal was constitutional in this case.

ANSWER:

•Brown v. Board of Education

QUESTION:

•Advocates of _______________ argue that federal courts must correct injustices when other branches fail to do so.

ANSWER:

•Judicial Activism