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