civil rights and liberties

Question 1

Civil case

Answer 1

violations of legal rights by one individual towards another

Question 2

jurisdiction

Answer 2

ability of a court to hear and decide the issue in a particular case

Question 3

Certiorai

Answer 3

a request for the supreme court to review a lower court’s decision

Question 4

Judiciary Act of 1979

Answer 4

created constitutional courts

Question 5

Robert Bourk

Answer 5

Reagan attempted to nominate him, but senate would not confirm

Question 6

senatorial curtosey

Answer 6

unwritten policy where federal judges may be blocked by a senator from that state if they are in the president’s party

Question 7

How often do presidents fail to get court nominations passed?

Answer 7

20%

Question 8

Senate judiciary committee

Answer 8

recieves judiciary nominations

Question 9

How many african americans have served on the supreme court?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

opinion

Answer 10

statement of reasoning on a case

Question 11

Solicitor general

Answer 11

in charge of litigating appeals

Question 12

amicus curie breifs

Answer 12

“friend of the court” - may be submitted by interest groups to lobby the court

Question 13

concurring opinion

Answer 13

written opinion of a justice in the majority that outlines additional rationale for the decision

Question 14

judicial review

Answer 14

power of the court to overturn actions of the president and congress

Question 15

judicial activism

Answer 15

when judges make decisions that make significant policy changes or chart new constitutional groun

Question 16

stare decisis

Answer 16

courts should not overturn precident unless absolutley necessary

Question 17

Marbury v madison

Answer 17

established judicial review

Question 18

brown v board of ed

Answer 18

struck down racial segregation in schools

Question 19

Us v Lopz

Answer 19

determined that gun free school zones exceeded congress’s commerce powers

Question 20

roe v wade

Answer 20

statesd certian abortion laws involved the due process clause of the 14th amendment

Question 21

Gideon V wainwright

Answer 21

provided defendants with state paid legal counsel when they couldnt afford it