Courts 1 Flashcards

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Three types of courts

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District apallet and supreme

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How do you cases reach the Supreme Court

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By a states supreme courts
a case involving disputes between states
Us courts of appells

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How many district courts are there

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91

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How many judges are selected for District Court’s

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1 raley 3

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jurisdiction do federal district courts have

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original: crime and civil

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What happens in District Court

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Stereo typical TV example

Lawyers argue witness ect

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How do you interest groups influence the case

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Bring different social points to the table

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State and local judges are chosen by

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Electon

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Who hold influence over judge nominees 44

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Pres. US attorney Department of Justice or interest groups

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What does Congress conduct for judicial selection

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Confirmation hearings

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What is senatorial courtsey

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If the president (demc) dominates the judge state court and the two representatives from that state (also dem) do not agree with him the senate will not confirm the nomination

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What five factors of justice nominations

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Ethnicity and gender
experience
political ideals
party personal loyalties

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How many judges total are in district courts

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675

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How many appellate courts are there

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12

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How many total appellate judges

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179

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What happens in the appellet court

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It is usually two attorneys are arguing on what happened in the case

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What are the three options of appellate courts to rule 3

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Uphold overturn or change the sentence

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What is en banc

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Asking old judges in the circuit to hear the case

ApPeel and an alternative to Supreme Court

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How many justices in the Supreme Court

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9

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Who is the current chief justice

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John Roberts

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What jurisdictions do supreme courts hear

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Original appellate concurrent exclusive

Mainly appellate confluence an exclusive

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How do justices take their cases

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Rule of four for must agree to take on the case

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writ of certiorari

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Wondering lower course to send all the documents of a case

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What lower court is a president pay the most attention to

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appelals

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who was the first
black Spanish and female justices
Who was not a judge before serving as a justice

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Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O’Connor’s
sonia solomayer
ellena kegar

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Criminal law definition

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Violating the sPacific law or an offense harmful to an individual or society

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Criminal law or punishment

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It always has a punishment imprisonment or fine

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Civil law definition

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A dispute between two parties

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Civil law examples

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The government and the party

Divorce Child custody merges of multinational companies personal and property damage property ownership

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Standing to sue

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Plaintiffs have a serious interest in the case which is if they sustained damage from the other party or an action of government

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Class action suit

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Small number of people so I’m behalf of all people in similar circumstance

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Judicial disputes

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Is she is capable of being centered as a matter of law

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Original jurisdiction

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The first to hear the case 90% of court cases begin and end

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Appellate jurisdiction

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Appeal from lower courts

usually ends in the states high score of appeal