ch 14 Flashcards
A court established under Article III
constitutional courts
A ruling that declared that Negroes could not be a federal citizen.
Dred Scott Decision
The scope of authority by which a higher court reviews a case from a lower court
Appellate Court
A judicial order preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right
Remedy
The rule of precedent, to leave a lone
stare decisis
The party that initiates a lawsuit
plaintiff
An issue the court refuses to consider, believing the Constitution intends another branch to make the decision
political questions
The practice, authorized by statures, under which the plaintiff is enabled to collect cost from the defendant if the latter loses
adversarial system
A tradition under which the Senate will defer to the judgment of a senator of the state to determine federal court judges
senatorial courtesy
A decision that permits a case to be heard by the Supreme Court needs four judges approval
write of certiorari
A way of finding out what a person’s view are on a controversial question
litmus test
The power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of legislative and executive acts
judicial review
The lowest federal courts where federal cases begin
federal district court
A Supreme Court opinion by one or more justices in the minority to explain the minority’s disagreement with the courts ruling
dissenting opinion
A court case that established Judicial Review
marbury v madison
