USG Chapter 8
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| show | appellate jurisdiction
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| the sole right to hear and decide a certain type of case, depending either on the subject matter of a case or the parties involved | show 🗑
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| __________ means the authority to hear and decide a case. | show 🗑
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| cases that fall under jurisdiction of both state and federal courts | show 🗑
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| show | plaintiff
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| show | defendant
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| show | original jurisdiction
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| show | appellate jurisdiction
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| show | judicial restraint
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| the concept that the Constitution should be interpreted more broadly, as an evolving document, something that subsequent generations can interpret consistent with changing values and circumstances | show 🗑
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| show | precedent
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| the tradition that a senator from the same state as a nominee to a federal district court and the same political party as the president can block a nomination for virtually any reason | show 🗑
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| show | grand juries
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| a legal process by which persons who cannot pay money they owe others can receive court protection and assistance in settling their financial problems | show 🗑
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| district court officials responsible for overseeing some of the early hearings of a criminal trial at which routine matters are carried out, and who may also hear misdemeanor criminal cases and certain civil cases | show 🗑
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| a minor crime | show 🗑
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| lawyers appointed by the court to represent in criminal trials defendants who cannot afford to hire legal counsel | show 🗑
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| show | marshals
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| show | briefs
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| a person who files an appeal | show 🗑
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| show | sovereign immunity
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| show | courts-martial
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| (suhr-shuh-rar-ee) an order by a higher court seeking review of a lower court case | show 🗑
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| the list of cases to be heard before a court | show 🗑
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| the Supreme Court’s ruling in a case that is signed by at least five of the nine members of the Court | show 🗑
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| statements by Supreme Court justices who agree with the overall conclusion in the case, but stress some different or additional legal reasoning | show 🗑
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| statement written by Supreme Court justices who disagree with the majority’s decision; these opinions do not have a direct legal impact on the case, but they can influence future judgments | show 🗑
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| Which courts hear the vast majority of cases in the United States? | show 🗑
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| Who makes a legal complaint in a court proceeding? | show 🗑
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| Which type of jurisdiction is held by a court that reviews the proceedings of a lower court? | show 🗑
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| Which courts serve as the trial courts of the federal system? | show 🗑
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| What kind of cases makes up the major part of the Supreme Court’s load? | show 🗑
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| show | nine
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| show | restraint
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| show | precedent
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| show | Congress
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| show | judicial independence.
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| show | amending the Constitution.
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| Which group gathers to hear evidence of a possible crime and to recommend whether there is sufficient evidence to file criminal charges? | show 🗑
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| Which term refers to the legal process by which people who cannot pay money they owe others can receive court protection and assistance in settling their debts? | show 🗑
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| show | presiding over trials
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| show | misdemeanor
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| show | representing the United States in court
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| show | U.S. marshals
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| Which term refers to someone who files an appeal? | show 🗑
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| show | briefs
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| If members of the military violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice, they are subject to prosecution in a | show 🗑
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| show | Dred Scott v. Sandford
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| show | was an assault on property rights
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| show | so New Deal programs would survive legal challenge
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| show | Earl Warren
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| The confirmation process of a nominee to the Supreme Court begins with hearings before the | show 🗑
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| From which court is a case most likely to make its way to the Supreme Court? | show 🗑
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| show | listen to oral arguments
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| show | five
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| show | 94
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| Where does an appeal from one of the highest state courts go? | show 🗑
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| show | US Courts of appeals for the federal circuit
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