Chapter 9

Question 1

Where does it specify judicial power?

Answer 1

Article 3, section 2

Question 2

The authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issue in a particular case

Answer 2

Jurisdiction

Question 3

What are the two types of jurisdiction?

Answer 3

Original and Appellate

Question 4

The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first; determines facts first

Answer 4

Original Jurisdiction

Question 5

Who has original jurisdiction over state gov and public officials?

Answer 5

Supreme Court

Question 6

The power vested in particular courts to review and/or revise the decision of a lower court

Answer 6

Appellate Jurisdiction

Question 7

Specifies that all federal crimes, except impeachment, shall be tried by jury in the state which the crime was committed

Answer 7

Article 3, Section 2

Question 8

Defines treason and mandates that at least 2 witnesses appear in such cases

Answer 8

Article 3, section 3

Question 9

Established the basic three-tiers structure of the federal court system

Answer 9

Judiciary Act of 1789

Question 10

The power of the courts to review acts other branches of gov. and the states; claimed the SC as the final arbiter

Answer 10

Judicial review

Question 11

First asserted the power of judicial review by finding that the congressional statute extending the Court’s original jurisdiction was unconstitutional

Answer 11

Marburg v. Madison

Question 12

Bottom of the tier?

Answer 12

Trial courts

Question 13

Middle tier?

Answer 13

Appellate court

Question 14

Fed courts specifically created by the US constitution or by congress in purstruant to its authority in article 2

Answer 14

Constitutional Courts

Question 15

Established by congress for specialized purposes

Answer 15

Legislative courts

Question 16

Document containing the legal written arguments in a case filed with a court by a party prior to a hearing or trial

Answer 16

Brief

Question 17

Rules for settling subsequent cases of similar nature

Answer 17

Precedents

Question 18

Reliance on past decision or precedents

Answer 18

State decisis

Question 19

Process by which presidents generally allow senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objection

Answer 19

Senatorial courtesy

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Writ of Certiorari

Question 21

At least 4 justices hear a case

Answer 21

Rule of 4

Question 22

The 4th ranking member of the department of justice; responsible for handling nearly an appeals on behalf of the US gov to the Supreme Court

Answer 22

Solicitor General

Question 23

File briefs or even appear to argue their interests orally before the court

Answer 23

Amiscus curiae; friend of the court

Question 24

Philosophy of judicial decision making that posits courts should allow decisions of other branches of gov. to stand, even when they offend a judge’s principles

Answer 24

Judicial restraint

Question 25

Makes that posits judges should use their power broadly to further justice

Answer 25

Judicial activism

Question 26

An approach to constitutional interpretation that emphasizes interpreting the constitution as it was originally written and intended by the framers

Answer 26

Strict constructionist

Question 27

How and whether judicial decisions are translated into actual public policies affecting more than the immediate parties to a lawsuit

Answer 27

Judicial implementation