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Unit 6
Government 12
Term | Definition |
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Supreme Court | Main job is to interpret and decide on constitutional issues |
Marbury vs. Madison | Established power of "judicial review" meaning they only rule a law unconstitutional |
Plessy vs. Ferguson | "Separate but equal" |
Brown vs. Board of Education | Overturned plessy vs. Ferguson and ruled segregation unlawful |
Miranda vs. Arizona | Led to cops havin to read people their rights when arrested |
Roe vs. Wade | Abortions should be legalized |
Blush vs. Gore | Case ultimately decided the 2000 Presidential election when the judges voted 5-4 to stop the Florida re-count |
Strict Constructionalist | Believes what the constitution says it exactly what it means, follow strictly with it's wording |
Original Intent | Attempt to imagine what the founders originally meant when they wrote the constitution |
Living Constitution | A loose interpretation that is flexible to our changing world |
Judicial Review | The power of the supreme court to rule a law unconstitutional |
Jurisdiction | Area that a court has power over |
Precedent | Something that has already happened SC uses this to decide cases |
Litigant | Person involved in a lawsuit |
Grand Jury | Decides if there is enough evidence to have a trial |
Indictment | Means a grand jury says there should be a trail |
Petit Jury | Declares guilty or not guilty |
US Marshalls | Are employed by the Fed. courts to make arrests, secure jurors, and keep order in the court room |
Magistrate | A judge with the main job of issuing arrest warrents |
District Courts | hearing the cases about robbery, murder, etc |
Appeals courts | 1. uphold original decision 2. reverse the decision 3. sen case back for a new trail |
John Marshall | Most important and powerful of all for creating "judicial review" |
Thurgood Marshall | First black SC |
Sandra Day O'Connor | First female SC |
John Roberts | Cutest chief justice |
Concurring opinion | Written by a justice that agreed with the majority, but for a difference |
"Grants Cert" | Agrees to hear case |