Federal Court

Question 1

Fed court more integrated than state court because do not necessarily

Answer 1

Recognize state boundaries in terms of their authority

Question 2

Fed courts consist of Supreme Court, _ and, _

Answer 2

Circuit courts

District courts

Question 3

Supreme Court is most important and sits in

Answer 3

D.C.

Question 4

Supreme Court is composed of _ judges

Answer 4

9

Question 5

The judges in Supreme Court are called

Answer 5

Justices (chief justice, etc.)

Question 6

Justices are nominated by president and then

Answer 6

Approved by senate

Question 7

The sitting justices are all

Answer 7

Attorneys

Question 8

Most justices were judges in lower courts who

Answer 8

Have been elevated to Supreme Court

Question 9

No requirement that a U.S. Supreme Court justice be

Answer 9

An attorney

Question 10

The U.S. Supreme Court is a court of

Answer 10

Discretionary appeal

Question 11

Discretionary appeal means it exercises its discretion in

Answer 11

Deciding which case it will hear

Question 12

As a court of appeal, Supreme Court does not actually

Answer 12

Try cases

Question 13

Does not try cases but simply hears legal briefs as submitted by (2)

Answer 13

Attorneys

Litigants

Question 14

A litigant is

Answer 14

A person involved in a lawsuit

Question 15

Supreme Court hears oral arguments that are limited to an hour or two and then

Answer 15

Renders a written decision

Question 16

The Supreme Court does not actually hear (2)

Answer 16

From witnesses

Evidence

Question 17

The U.S. Supreme Court does not actually _ as might be done by a jury

Answer 17

Resolve factual disputes

Question 18

Instead of hearing witnesses, evidence, etc, Supreme Court

Answer 18

Reviews records presented from the trial from lower court

Question 19

Supreme Court determines whether there was a _ error committed at the trial level (3)

Answer 19

Procedural

Evidentiary

Constitutional

Question 20

In order to have a case presented at Supreme Court, party requesting the hearing must first

Answer 20

File a petition

Question 21

If petition denied

Answer 21

Case will not be heard

Question 22

If petition granted

Answer 22

Nine judges will hear the appeal and render a decision

Question 23

Very small percentage of cases appealed to Supreme Court are

Answer 23

Actually heard

Question 24

Out of 8,255 cases appealed to Supreme Court in 2002

Answer 24

Supreme Court only issued written decisions to 79

Question 25

Below Supreme Court are eleven

Answer 25

U,s. Circuit Courts of Appeal

Question 26

The U.S. is divided into _ plus two additional circuits

Answer 26

Eleven numbered federal circuits

Question 27

Two additional circuits (2)

Answer 27

D.C. Circuit

Federal Circuit

Question 28

Within each of the circuits is a

Answer 28

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals