Courts 1 Flashcards
Three types of courts
District apallet and supreme
How do you cases reach the Supreme Court
By a states supreme courts
a case involving disputes between states
Us courts of appells
How many district courts are there
91
How many judges are selected for District Court’s
1 raley 3
jurisdiction do federal district courts have
original: crime and civil
What happens in District Court
Stereo typical TV example
Lawyers argue witness ect
How do you interest groups influence the case
Bring different social points to the table
State and local judges are chosen by
Electon
Who hold influence over judge nominees 44
Pres. US attorney Department of Justice or interest groups
What does Congress conduct for judicial selection
Confirmation hearings
What is senatorial courtsey
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
What five factors of justice nominations
Ethnicity and gender
experience
political ideals
party personal loyalties
How many judges total are in district courts
675
How many appellate courts are there
12
How many total appellate judges
179
What happens in the appellet court
It is usually two attorneys are arguing on what happened in the case
What are the three options of appellate courts to rule 3
Uphold overturn or change the sentence
What is en banc
Asking old judges in the circuit to hear the case
ApPeel and an alternative to Supreme Court
How many justices in the Supreme Court
9
Who is the current chief justice
John Roberts
What jurisdictions do supreme courts hear
Original appellate concurrent exclusive
Mainly appellate confluence an exclusive
How do justices take their cases
Rule of four for must agree to take on the case
writ of certiorari
Wondering lower course to send all the documents of a case
What lower court is a president pay the most attention to
appelals
who was the first
black Spanish and female justices
Who was not a judge before serving as a justice
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O’Connor’s
sonia solomayer
ellena kegar
Criminal law definition
Violating the sPacific law or an offense harmful to an individual or society
Criminal law or punishment
It always has a punishment imprisonment or fine
Civil law definition
A dispute between two parties
Civil law examples
The government and the party
Divorce Child custody merges of multinational companies personal and property damage property ownership
Standing to sue
Plaintiffs have a serious interest in the case which is if they sustained damage from the other party or an action of government
Class action suit
Small number of people so I’m behalf of all people in similar circumstance
Judicial disputes
Is she is capable of being centered as a matter of law
Original jurisdiction
The first to hear the case 90% of court cases begin and end
Appellate jurisdiction
Appeal from lower courts
usually ends in the states high score of appeal
