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Bench 4 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What Federal Court usually has original jurisdiction? | district courts |
| What Federal Court only has appellate jurisdiction? | U.S. Court of Appeals |
| What Federal Court is the Court of Last Resort? | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Which Federal Court is the workhorse of the federal judiciary system? | district courts |
| What is an order from the Supreme Court to send case records up for their review? | writ of certiorari |
| What do you call court decisions made in the past that guide judges on how to rule on new cases that are similar to those oldeer cases? | precedent |
| What is advice given to the Supreme Court from a party that is not involved in the case? | amicus curiae |
| What do we call the leader of the Supreme Court? | Chief Justice |
| What do we call case law that decides the limits of government power and the extent of individual rights? | constitutional law |
| What do you call a set of promises that are legally binding? | contract |
| What do you call a court order the forbids a party to take or continue an action? | injunction |
| In what case did the Supreme Court issue an injunction on Florida from re-counting votes in the 2000 Presidential Election? | Bush v. Gore |
| What 1896 case claimed Separate-But-Equal was Constitutional? | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| What 1954 case decided Separate-but-Equal (segregation) was Unconstitutional | Brown v. Board |
| What amendment led to the incorporation of most Bill of Rights protections to be applied to state laws? | 14th Amendment |
| How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights? | 10 |
| What does the First Amendment concern itself with? | Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech |
| What does a state have to provide legally in order to take a person's life, liberty, or property? | due process |
| What right allows citizens to form political parties and interest groups? | freedom of assembly |
| What right allows citizens to send complaints about policy to officials? | freedom to petition |
| What clause in the First Amendment protects citizens from the government officially favoring one church over another (separation of church and state)? | Establishment Clause |
| What clause protects a citizen's right to practice their religion without government interference? | Free Exercise Clause |
| What court case decided that the government needed to show a clear and present danger in order to use prior restraint censorship of someone's published work? | Schenck v. United States |
| What Amendment protects citizens from being tried for the same crime twice (double jeopardy) or being forced to provide testimony against themselves in court? | Fifth Amendment |
| What court case requires police to read you your rights? | Miranda v. Arizona |
| What do we call the separation of one group from another group? | segregation |
| Whta do we call the process that grants immigrants citizenship? | naturalization |
| What do we call laws passed by city councils? | ordinances |
| Who is the head of the executive branch in each state? | the governor |
| Most states have this kind of legislative branch. | bicameral legislature |
| What is the largest territorial government subdivision of a state? | county |
| What creates local governments? | state constitutions |
| What is a common way to fund schools? | property taxes |
| What do we call government determination of the value of real property for taxation? | assessment |
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