AP Government - Chapter 14 Vocabulary
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| show | The power of the courts to declare acts of the legislature and of the executive to be unconstitutional and hence null and void.
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| show | The view that judges should decide on cases on the basis of the language of the constitution.
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| show | The view that judges should discern the general principles underlying the constitution and its often vague language and assess how best to apply them in contemporary circumstances, in some cases with the guidance of moral or economic philosophy.
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| show | A federal court exercising the judicial powers found in Article III of the Constitution and whose judges are given constitutional protection.
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| show | The lowerst federal courts where federal cases begin. They are the only federal courts where trials are held. There are 94 in the entire US and its territories.
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| show | The federal courts with authority to review decisions by federal districts courts, regulatory commissions and certain other federal courts. SUch courts have no original jurisdiction, the can only hear appeals. There are only 12
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| show | A court that is created by Congress for some specialized pupose and staffed with judges who do not enjoy the protection of Article III of the Constitution.
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| show | The term is used in politics to mean a test of ieological purity, a way of finding out whether a person is a dyed in the wool liberal or conservative, or what his or her views are on a controversial question.
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| show | Cases involving citizens of different states over which the federal courts have jurisdiction as described by the constituion.
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| show | The body of rules defining relationships among private citizens. IT consists of both statutes and accumulated customary law embodied in judicial decisions. (The "Common Law")
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| show | A latin term meaning "made more certain". An order issued by a higher court to a lower court to send up the record of a case for review. Most cases reach the Supreme Court through the writ of certiorari. (4 out of 9 Justices)
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| show | A legal concept establishing who is entitled to bring a lawsuit to court. For example, an individual must ordinarily show personal harm in order to acquire standing and be heard in court.
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| show | A case brought into court by a person on behalf of not only himself or herself, but all other persons in the country under similar circumstances.
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| show | A legal document prepared by an attorney representing a party before a court. The document sets forth the facts of the case, summarizes the law, gives the arguments for its side, and discusses other relevant cases.
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| show | A brief, unsigned opinion issued by the Supreme Court to explain its ruling.
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| show | A latin term meaning "let the decision stand". The practice of basing judicial decisions on precedents established in similar cases decided in the past.
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| show | An issue that the Supreme Court refuses to consider because it believes the Constution has left it entirely to another branch to decide. Its view of such issues may change over time.
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| show | A judicial order preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right.
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