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| NOT in the constitution. Inferred by justice John Marshal in Marbury v. Madison. The power of the court to review a law to determine constitutionality. |
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| It usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one or some of the counts of a multi-count INDICTMENT in return for a lighter sentence than that possible for the graver charge." |
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| Becomes a case law. future justices use this precedent to make opinions and rulings on future cases. |
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| Supreme Court hears a case “on first impression” |
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| the power of a court to review the decisions and change the outcomes of the decisions of previous, lower-level courts. |
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| The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. |
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| A court to which appeals are made on points of law resulting from the judgment of a lower court. |
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| Four of the nine judges must vote to grant a writ of certiorari |
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| The written opinion of what the justices decide on the case |
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| They agree with the final outcome but they get there through different means |
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| A justice does not agree with the outcome |
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| The schedule for the cases in the court that day |
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| decision by the S.C. to hear an appeal from a lower court. |
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| someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information on a point of law or some other aspect of the case to assist the court in deciding a matter before it. |
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