2022-23 Vocab A-Z Unit 2D

Question 1

Amicus curiae

Answer 1

Friend of the court.

Question 2

Appellate jurisdiction

Answer 2

Part of the circuit courts. Hear a court case for the second time first.

Question 3

Briefs

Answer 3

A written legal argument is presented to a court to aid it in reaching a conclusion on the legal issues involved in the case.

Question 4

Concurring opinion

Answer 4

To agree with the majority but for a different reason.

Question 5

Constitutional court

Answer 5

The federal courts established by Article III of the Constitution.

Question 6

Court of Appeals

Answer 6

A court to which appeals are taken in a federal circuit or a state.

Question 7

Criminal Law

Answer 7

Trying to take your freedom, rights, and life.

Question 8

Defendant

Answer 8

An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.

Question 9

Dissenting opinion

Answer 9

Disagrees with the majority opinion.

Question 10

District court

Answer 10

They have original jurisdiction. The authority to hear about a court case first.

Question 11

Exclusive jurisdiction

Answer 11

Only a particular court can decide a case.

Question 12

Federalist No. 78, Brutus essays

Answer 12

The federal judiciary has the power to determine whether statutes are constitutional and to find them invalid if in conflict with the Constitution.

Question 13

John Marshall

Answer 13

The 4th chief of justice for the supreme court that served for 34 years.

Question 14

Judicial activist

Answer 14

The practice in the judiciary of protecting or expanding individual rights through decisions that are apart from the established precedent or are independent or in opposition to the constitutional or legislative intent.

Question 15

Judicial review

Answer 15

Court’s ability to call a law unconstitutional from the legislative branch, call back executive orders and call the president’s actions unconstitutional in the executive branch.

Question 16

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Answer 16

Judicial review was established.

Question 17

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Answer 17

Established banks and federal banks cannot be taxed because it is not necessary or proper.

Question 18

Opinion of the Court

Answer 18

An explanation or analysis of the reasoning behind the decision.

Question 19

Original jurisdiction

Answer 19

Power the district courts have. The authority to hear about a case first.

Question 20

Plaintiff

Answer 20

A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.

Question 21

Stare Decisis

Answer 21

Let the decision stand. Whatever the Supreme Court comes up with stands.

Question 22

Strict constructionist (strict interpretation)

Answer 22

Follow the constitution word for word. Also called a structuralist.

Question 23

Writ of certiorari

Answer 23

When the supreme court reaches down and grabs a case.