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| The jurisdiction or authority shared by both federal and state courts is called __________ jurisdiction. |
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| The jurisdiction or authority of a trial court to be first to hear a case is called __________ jurisdiction. |
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| A __________ or court of fact is a court in which a case is originally tried. |
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| The persons engaged in a lawsuit are called the __________. |
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| The due __________ clause is found in the Fourteenth Amendment and states that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. |
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| The Amendment that protects our right to due process and equal protection is the __________ amendment. |
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| The fat that the courts can rule actions and laws as unconstitutional is called __________ review. |
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| John Marshall ruled the __________ or 1789 unconstitutional. |
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| Thurgood __________ was the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. |
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| The __________ but equal doctrine was a policy which held that if facilities for different races were equal, they could be separate. |
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| Congress created __________ courts in 1789 to serve as trial courts. |
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| A __________ jury is group that hears charges against a suspect and decides whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial. |
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| A __________ court is a court established by Congress under the Constitution. |
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| A formal charge made by a grand jury is called an __________ |
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| The __________ circuit is a region containing a United States appellate court. |
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| A __________ jury is a trial jury, usually consisting of 6 or 12 people, that weighs the evidence presented at a trial and renders a verdict. |
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| There are __________ judicial circuits or regions, with one appellate court in each one. |
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| A United States __________ has the duty of maintaining security in the courts. |
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| The Federal __________ System is divided into 94 district courts and 13 circuit courts. |
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| There are __________ justices on the Supreme Court. |
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| There are nineteen United States __________ judges. |
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| Since Federal judges are appointed for life, presidents see them as a means of perpetuating their __________. |
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| Although they scrutinized the appointment of Clarence __________, the Senate eventually approved his nomination. |
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| The American __________ association is the largest association of lawyers in The United States. |
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| The __________ approves of presidential appointments to the federal courts. |
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| A __________ court is a court created to help Congress exercise its powers. |
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| The system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidateÕs state before formally submitting it for full Senate approval is called __________ courtesy. |
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| Traveling to hold court in a justiceÕs assigned region of the country was called __________ the circuit. |
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| An __________ is a written explanation of a Supreme Court decision. |
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| Congress has created __________ courts for places like Guam, The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico since they are not actually states but are part of the United States. |
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| An order from the Supreme Court to a lower court to send up the records on a case for review is called a writ of __________. |
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| The Supreme Court is __________ to choose which cases it will consider. |
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| During a Supreme Court Conference, the justices greet each other by shaking __________. |
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| The holding or decision of the Supreme Court is based on the vote of a __________ of the nine justices. |
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| Stare Decisis means Òlet the decision __________.Ó |
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| Each side is allowed __________ minutes to present their oral arguments to the justices of the Supreme Court. |
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| A written statement setting forth the legal arguments, relevant facts, and precedents supporting one side of a case is called a __________. |
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| A brief unsigned statement of a Supreme Court decision is called a per __________ opinion. |
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| The CourtÕs opinion expressing the views of a justice who agree with the majorityÕs conclusions but for different reasons is called a __________ opinion. |
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| A __________ opinion can be expressed by any justice on the Supreme COurt that disagrees with the decision of the court. |
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| Sandra Day OÕConnor was seen as a __________ in the Rehnquist court. |
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| The __________ opinion is the CourtÕs decision expressing the views of the majority of justices. |
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| If the court has a __________ opinion, it means that all of the justices voted the same way. |
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| If money is __________, the owner of the money is not allowed to spend it. |
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| a model on which to base later decisions or actions |
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| The Latin term meaning Òlet the decision standÓ is called __________ decicis. |
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| Once the Court rules on a case, its decision serves as a __________ for future cases. |
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| A __________ vote is often the deciding vote in a supreme court decision. |
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| The Current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is John __________. |
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| Samuel __________ joined the Supreme Court in 1990. |
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| Stephen __________ joined the Supreme Court in 1994. |
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| Ruth Bader __________ joined the Supreme Court in 1993. |
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| Anthony M. __________ joined the Supreme Court in 1988. |
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| David Hackett __________ Joined the Supreme Court in 1990. |
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| Antonin __________ Joined the Supreme Court in 1986. |
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| John Paul __________ Joined the Supreme Court in 1975. |
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| Clarence __________ Joined the Supreme Court in 1991. |
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| Although the Senate intensely questioned David __________, he was eventually allowed to serve on the Supreme Court by the Senate. |
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| Robert Bork is perhaps best known for his 1987 __________ by US Senate Democrats of his nomination for the US Supreme Court for his conservative ideology. |
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| Sandra __________ O'Connor was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court. |
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