Final A

Question 0

Original Jurisdiction

Answer 0

The authority of a court to hear a case first.

Question 1

Senatorial Courtesy

Answer 1

Tradition of granting senior senators of the president’s party considerable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states.

Question 2

Appellate Jurisdiction

Answer 2

The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts.

Question 3

Rule of Four

Answer 3

The unwritten requirement that four Supreme Court justices must agree to grant a case certiorari in order for the case to be heard.

Question 4

Writs of Cirtiorari

Answer 4

Formal requests by the U.S. Supreme Court to call up the lower court case it decides to hear an appeal.

Question 5

Amicus Curiae Briefs

Answer 5

Friends of the court. Documents filed by interest parties to encourage the court to grant or deny certiorari or to urge it to decide a case in a particular way too.

Question 6

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 6

Established the U.S. Supreme Court’s power of Judicial Review.

Question 7

Judicial Restraint

Answer 7

View that the courts should reject any active lawmaking functions and stick to judicial interpretations of the past.

Question 8

Judicial Activism

Answer 8

View that the courts should be lawmaking, policymaking bodies.