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judicial branch tes

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court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court   Appellate jurisdiction  
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examples to be followed in similar cases as they arise in lower courts or reach the Supreme Court   Precedents  
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an opinion disagreeing with the Opinion of the Court   Dissenting opinion  
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the Opinion of the Court   majority opinion  
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court in which a case is first heard has this   original jurisdiction  
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cases that can be heard in either federal or State courts have this   concurrent jurisdiction  
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to add or emphasize a point not made in the majority opinion   concurring opinion  
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Special Courts are created by   Congress  
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Judges of constitutional courts are   appointed for life  
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The case of Marbury v. Madison, 1803, is a landmark case because it   established Judicial Review  
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vast majority of cases that come to the Supreme Court come to it from   State high courts and federal appellate courts  
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A courts caseload is known as the   Docket  
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The Supreme Court issues a ______when a case relates to the interpretation of the law.   Writ of certiorari  
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Hears only civil tax cases   The Tax Court  
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District courts cover an assigned territory that is based primarily on   Geographic region  
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The circuit courts were created to   Relieve the Supreme Court of the burden of hearing most appeals  
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