Watson-Chapter 9: Judicial Branch

the authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issues in a particular case?

Which of the following is within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

Which of the following nominates U.S. federal judges?

The group of people responsible for carrying out the decision of a court

written by a justice in the majority that outlines considerations he thinks are important?

Case that ruled that states are required under the 6th amendment to provide an attorney in criminal cases.

Case that determined that local governments could not create laws that infringe on the 2nd amendment

Federal judges are appointed to __________ terms.

The act that established the three tiered structure of the federal court system

Case that affirmed the supremacy of the national government over state governments.

The people who might be directly affected by a courts decision are part of the

Following oral arguments, the justices gather for a

Federal district courts are the only federal courts in which

How and whether judicial decisions are translated into actual policy is known as

The authority to be the first court to hear a case is which type of jurisdiction?

Which type of case concerns the violation of the legal rights of one individual toward another?

Case that reaffirmed the separation of church and state in public schools

Which article of the Constitution created the federal judiciary?

is a request submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision

The U.S. courts of appeals are divided into ___ numbered circuits and two unnumbered circuits.

Proponents of this believe that judges should use their power broadly to further justice?

When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case appealed to it from a circuit court

For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, how many justices must vote to hear the case?

Who heads the entire federal judiciary?

there are currently how many U.S. district courts?

Case that determined the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990 was unconstitutional

In Marbury v. Madison the Supreme Court claimed the right of

Courts provide a statement of the legal reasoning behind their decisions in written __________.

If a judge believes that she should only strike down laws that clearly violate the Constitution

Based on article II, who must confirm federal judges?