| Question |
Answer |
| Federal system's trial courts |
district courts |
| written legal arguments |
briefs |
| guiding principles |
precedents |
| request for appeal to Supreme Court |
writ of certiorari |
| court's authority to hear a case's initial trial |
original jurisdiction |
| court schedule |
docket |
| people who believe that interpretation of the Constitution & laws should be limited to words they contain |
strict constructionists |
| traditional principle followed in making nominations for district court appointments |
senatorial courtesy |
| hear appeals of U.S. district courts |
courts of appeals |
| authority, given by the Constitution, to administer & interpret the law |
jurisdiction |
| people who believe that interpretation of the Constitution & laws should be influenced by consideration of current social & political conditions |
loose constructionists |
| agrees with majority ruling yet disagrees with most or some of an opinion's grounds |
concurring opinion |
| documents filed with the Court by groups that are affected by a case but are not legally involved in it |
amicus curiae briefs |
| power to review cases already decided by lower courts |
appellate jurisdiction |
| reflects views of most of the Court |
majority opinion |
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