Unit Five Bitch

Question 1

Judicial Review

Answer 1

This is the power of the courts to review acts of other branches of gov’t and states. *Checks and Balnace

Question 2

Judiciary act (1789)

Answer 2

The establishment of the three tiered (federal) court structure.

Question 3

Trial Court

Answer 3

Courts of jurisdiction where cases begin.

Question 4

Appellate Court

Answer 4

Courts that generally review only findings of law made by lower courts.

Question 5

Jurisdiction

Answer 5

Authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issues in any particular case.

Question 6

Original Jurisdiction

Answer 6

Courts that hear the case first. As opposed to Appellate jurisdiction which is only in lower courts.

Question 7

Criminal Law

Answer 7

Codes and behavior to business between individuals.

Question 8

Brief

Answer 8

Document containing details about the trial

Question 9

Stare Decisis

Answer 9

Reliance on past decisions in order to make new ones.

Question 10

Marbury vs. Madison Details

Answer 10

• Adams signed for new judges on the last day of his term.
• 17 commissions left un-done
• led to judicial review

Question 11

Fletcher vs. Fleck

Answer 11

The first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional, the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts, and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands.

Question 12

Strict Constuctionism

Answer 12

An approach to constitutional interpretation that emphasizes the framers original ideas only.

Question 13

Writ of Certiori

Answer 13

A request for the court to order up the records from a lower court to review the case.

Question 14

Rule of four

Answer 14

AT LEAST four judges (supreme court) must vote on certain cases before the are heard in court.

Question 15

Solicitor General

Answer 15

• Fourth highest rank of dept. of justice

- Responsible for handling appeals on behalf of the gov’t.