Supreme Court

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What is CRIMINAL CASE?

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Judicial proceedings that the government begins against an individual following commission of a crime

Question 1

What is CASE?

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A controversy to be decided by a court

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Whats is a Criminal Case ?

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Judicial proceedings that the government begins against an individual following commission of a crime

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What is Crime ?

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A public wrong, an offense such as murder against society at large even though it may have been committed against a single individual

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What is Civil Case ?

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Non criminal legal action such as divorces or attempts to recover damages following an automobile accidents

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State Courts

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Courts of the 50 states as appose of the federal or national courts.

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Federal Courts

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The courts of the united states, as distinguished from the courts of the fifty states

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Jurisdiction

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Authority of the court or other agency to act

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Courts of limited jurisdiction

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the lowest level court in a state judicial system that hears particular kinds of cases involving small claims, traffic violations, and minor criminal infractions

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Courts of general jurisdiction

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the basic unit of a court system receiving appeal from courts of limited jurisdiction and serving as trial courts for serious criminal offenses and civil suites involving substantial amounts of money

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Intermediate appellate courts

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Courts between courts of general jurisdiction and the court of last resort of the federal court systems, the courts of appeals

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The court of last resort

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the highest court within a particular judicial system such as a state supreme court to which a litigant may appeal the case

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Missouri Plan

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Method of selecting state judges involving appointment from a list of recommended nominees and a later retention vote of the electorate.

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United States District courts

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Trial courts in the federal court system in which almost all federal cases began court of general jurisdiction

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United States Courts of Appeals

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Intermediate appellate courts in the federal court system just below the supreme court

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Appellate Jurisdiction

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Includes cases of court receives from lower courts congress defines the appellate jurisdiction of the U.S supreme court

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Federal Question

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An issue that involves the interpretation of the constitution or a statue or a treaty of the U.S

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Writ of certiorari

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A petition for review by a higher court, this is the most common route for an appeal to reach the supreme court

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Rule of Four

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Procedures of the US Supreme Court by which the affirmative votes of four justices are needed to accept a case for decision

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Original Jurisdiction

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Authority of a court over cases that begin in that court such as courts in general jurisdiction having original jurisdiction over most criminal offenses - the original jurisdiction of the supreme court is very small

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11th Amendment

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The first reversal of a Supreme Court decision by constitutional amendment, denying federal courts jurisdiction in suits agains a state brought by citizens of another state or a foreign country

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Senatorial Courtesy

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Custom of the senate to reject for federal office in nominee who is unacceptable to a senator from the nominee states when the senator and the president are from the same party

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Judicial Review

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The authority of courts to set aside a legislative act as being in violation of the constitution

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Legislative Intent

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a legislator understanding of the meaning of a law sand what it is to design to accomplish

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Trail Courts

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a court of limited or general jurisdiction in which the disputed facts of a case are heard and decided

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Briefs

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Documents filed with a court containing the arguments of the parties in a case

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Amicus curiae

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latin for “friend of the court” referring to persons, government agencies, or groups that are not parties to a case but nonetheless have an interest in it’s outcome and that they make their view known by a filling an amicus curiae brief with the court hearing the case

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Solicitor General of The U.S

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in the supreme court the lawyer for the U.S who decides which cases the government will appeal to the supreme court

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Oral Argument

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Event in which opposing counsel verbally present their views to the court during the decision making process of a court

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Opinion of the Courts

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Statement representing the views of the majority of the judges of the court

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Concurring opinion

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a statement issued separately by a judge, voting with the majority

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Dissenting Opinion

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A statement issued by a judge explaining his or her disagreement with the majority profession

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United States Reports

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The official published decisions of the united states supreme court

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judicial activist

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judges who are least hesitant to invoke judicial review to strike down an act of congress or of state legislature

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judicial restraints

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judges who are reluctant to invoke judicial review to strike down an act of congress or of a state legislature

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precedents

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prior decisions of courts that are cited as authority by other courts

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stare decisis

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a legal doctrine that suggest courts should follow precedent as a general roe breaking with previously legal principles only on a rare occasion