3-2 Review Flashcards
(27 cards)
Number of federal court systems
94
What do the federal courts do
Criminal cases (physical) and civil cases (money)
How many Federal courts of appeal (circuit courts)
13 U.S Appeals courts
Number of supreme courts
9 justices
Judicial review
Courts ability to declare acts of the president and congress to be unconstitutional
What are the duties of the chief justice
Oversee federal court system, see what cases are going to be looked at, judge during. Impeachment
Terms of constitutional court judges
Life
Term of office of special court judges
15 years
1st chief justice of the Supreme Court
John jay
4th chief justice of the Supreme Court
John Marshall
Associate justice of the Supreme Court + 1st African American justice on the court
Thurgood Marshall
17th and current chief justice of the Supreme Court
John Roberts
Associate justice of the Supreme Court + 1st women justice on the court
Sandra day O’Conner
27th president of the U.S + 10th chief justice
William Taff
Presides over impeachment (2nd)
Solomon chase
Only justice to be impeached (1st)
Samuel chase
Presides (serves as judge) over the presidential impeachment trials in the senate (W. Clinton)
William Rehnquist
When the Supreme Court disagrees with the majority opinion
Dissenting opinion
Agreeing with the majority but not the reason
Concurring opinion
More than half the judges agree
Majority opinion
When a military personnel is accused for violating the military law
Court martial
The power to modify a lower courts decision
Appellate jurisdiction
A courts authority to hear and decide a case for the first time
Original jurisdiction
Only one court has the ability to that case
Exclusive jurisdiction
