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SS Ch. 10 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Plaintiff | an individual or group of people who bring a complaint against another party. |
defendant | the party who answers a complain and defends against it |
prosecution | a governemtn body that brings a criminal charge against a defendant who is accused of breaking one of its laws |
precedent | a guideline for how all similar cases should be handled in the future. |
original jurisdiction | the authority to hear a case first |
appeal | to ask a higher court to review the decision and determine if justice was done |
appellate jurisdiction | the authority to hear an appeal |
courts of appeal | courts that handle appeals from the federal district courts |
circuit courts | the courts of appeals |
judicial review | the power to overturn any law that the court decides is in conflict with the Constitution |
opinion | a written statement explaining the reasons for the decision |
judicial activism | an effort by judges to take an active role in policymaking by overturning laws relatively often. |
judicial restraint | an effort by judges to aviod overturning laws and to leave policymaking up to the other two branches of government |