Unit 5 Judicial Branch

Question 1

Where did Coach Brackett go to college?

Answer 1

Hardin Simmons University

Question 2

Usually in cludes 16 to 23 people hears charges against a person suspected of having committed a crime.

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Grand Jury

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A formal accusation charging a person with a crime.

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Indictment

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Usually consist of 6 to 12 people in a trial jury.

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Petite jury

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Caries out such duties as making arrests, securing jurors, and keeping order in the court room.

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United states marshal

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Regions with one appellat court in each circuits.

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Judicial circuits

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This court hears cases from a federal claim court the court of international trade the united states patent office in other executive agency’s

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United states circuit court of appeals for the federal circuit

Question 8

It helps congress exercise it’s powers

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Legislative courts

Question 9

A president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidates state before formally submitting it for full senate approval.

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Senatorial courtesy

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The supreme courts power to examine the laws and actions of local state and national governments and to cancel them if they violate the constitution.

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Judicial review

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Refuse to spend money congress has appropriated

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Impound

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Court ruled that police had acted unconstitutionally and have violated a suspects rights.

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Miranda vs Arizona

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One of the basic principles of law in written judicial decisions

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Stare decisis

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A model on which to base other decisions in similar cases

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Precedent

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A ruling on a law or action that has not been challenged

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Advisory opinions

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Authority shared by both federal and state courts.

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Concurrent Jurisdiction

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The authority of a trial court to be first to hear a case.

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Original Jurisdiction

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Authority held by a court to hear a case that is appealed from lower court

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Appellate jurisdiction

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A person engaged in a lawsuit

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Litigant

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Principle in the fifth amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in order actions it takes against individuals

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Due process clause

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Traveling to hold court in their assigned regions of the country

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Riding the circuit

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Expresses the views of the majority of the justices on a case.

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Majority opinion

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The opinion of justices on the losing side in a case.

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Dissenting opinion

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Determining and explanation for a decision

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Opinion

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Established one of the most significant principles of American constitutional law, Supreme Court had the final say in whether or not an act of government legislative or executive at the federal state or local level violates the constitution.

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Marbury vs Madison

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1963 Chief of Justice

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Earl Warren

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(N.O.W) opposes nominees who are against women’s rights.

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National organization for women

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An order from the court to a lower court to send up the record on a case for review.

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Writ of Certiorari

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Said that the Judiciary Act of 1789 had given the court more power than the Constitution had allowed.

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Marbury v. Madison

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The power the court reserves to review acts of congress.

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Judicial Review

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The Chief Justice nominated by Andrew Jackson after John Marshall died in 1835

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Roger Taney

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The case established that stated if facilities for both races were equal, they could be separate

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Separate but equal doctrine

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A brief unsigned statement or of the courts decision.

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Per Curiam opinion

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John Marshall

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Was appointed chief of justice of 1801.

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The authority to hear certain cases.

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Jurisdiction

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The court in which a case is originally tried is known as.

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Trial Court

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A written statement settings forth the legal arguments, relevant facts, and precedents supporting one side of a case.

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Brief

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Latin for “Friend of the court”; a written brief form from an individual or group claiming to have information useful to a courts consideration of a case.

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Amicus curiae

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the deciding vote

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swing vote

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coalitions of justices

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blocs

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court case in louisianna, protecting the states segregation law “equal but separate accommodations based on race”

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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court case that ruled unanimously that segregation laws were unconstitutional

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka