| Judiciary Terms |
Judiciary Definitions |
| Original Jurisdiction |
court gets first hearing |
| Appellate jurisdiction |
court recieves an appeal to a case |
| Marbury V Madison |
Established judicial review |
| Judicial review |
power to declare constitutionality of laws |
| Writ of mandamus |
(blank) |
| District courts |
trial courts of original jurisdiction |
| Courts of Appeal |
appellate jurisdiction only |
| Legislative courts |
courts created by congress for special purposes |
| Plaintiff |
person bringing charges |
| defendant |
person being charged |
| criminal law |
involves murder, theft, etc. |
| civil law |
involves disputes over rights and property |
| Standing to sue |
serious interest in a case |
| Litigants |
Participants in a court case |
| Lawyers |
Manipulate the law system to win favor for their litigant party |
| Public defenders |
provided by gov. for those who cant afford lawyers |
| Jury |
group of citizens responsible for the decision of guilt or innocence |
| Audience |
people who observe cases for interest group or private purposes |
| Judges |
Draws on experience to guide decision making. central figure in court. |
| dual court system |
system of one federal and one state court. |
| Federal question case |
raises a question about the constitution or a traty |
| Diversity case |
involves citizens of more than on state |
| dual sovereignty |
state and federal authorities can prosecute for same charges |
| Senatorial courtesy |
confirming justices based on senior senators party |
| Supreme court |
Highest court in our nation |
| Senate comfirmation |
comfirming a presidents nimination for a justice |
| Political ideology |
political opinions of an individual |
| Loyalties |
personal or political dedication to a person or party |
| Judicial implementation |
translation of court decisions to public policy |
| adversarial system |
neutral arena in which 2 parties are present |
| judiciable dispute |
an actual situation that can be settled by legal methods |
| political question |
matter that the constitution leaves to other branches of gov. |
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