Chapter 14 5STA5: The National Judiciary
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Swyilk on May 10, 2012
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 jurisdiction | an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice |
| original jurisdiction | lower courts have the authority to hear cases for the first time, in the fideral system district courts and hte Supreme Court (in a limited number of cases), have original juridiction where trials are conducted, evidence is presented, and juries determine the outcome of the case |
| appellate juridiction | court that hear reviews or appeals of dicisions from the lowr courts; Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court have appellate jurisdiction |
| concurrent jurisdiction | allows certain types of cases to be tried in either the federal or state courts |
| constitutional courts | Federal courts created by Congress under Article III of the Constitution, including the district courts, courts of appeals, & specialized courts such as the U.S. Court of International Trade |
| Courts of Appeals | The federal courts that have the authority to review decisions by federal district courts, regulatory commissions, and certain other federal courts. Such courts have no original jurisdiction; they can hear only appeals. -panel of judges vs one judge |
| Legislative courts | territorial courts, US tax court, US court of appeals for the Armed Forces are created from the powers given to Congress under Article I of the Constitution -narrower range of authority than the constitutional courts |
| senatorial courtesy | Presidential custom of submitting the names of prospective appointees for approval to senators from the states in which the appointees are to work. |
| writ of certiorari; certificate (a lower court may ask the Supreme Court about a rule of law or procedures in specific cases) | two methods for appealing |
| brief orders | Many of the cases accepted by the Supreme court are disposed of in |
| brief orders | the returning of a case to a lower court because a similar case was recently decided |
| Thurgood Marshall | First black appointed to the Supreme Court |
| Lyndon Johnson | who appointed Thurgood Marshall |
| Reagan | who appointed the first woman to the supreme court |
| Sandra day o-connor | who was the first woman appointed to the supreme court |
| amicus curiae | interested parties may be asked to submit ________ ________, or "friends of the court" briefs, supporting or rejecting arguments of the case |
| switch in time to save nine | when Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes and Associate Justice Owen Roberts began voting in favor of New Deal legislation |
| liberal | the Warren Court was known for being __________, especially in the areas of civil rights and civil liberties |
| Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona | three famous Warren Court cases |
| 1953-1969 | what years was the court under Chief Justice Warren? |
| conservative | The Burger Court was rather ______________ in that it narrowed the rights of defendants, ruling in cases like Roe v. Wade, US v. Nixon, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke |
| conservative | The Rehnquist and Roberts Courts are/were rather |
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