Our
Courts and Legal Systems
Study
Guide
1. What
are the different types of federal courts?
2. 3
verdicts from an appeals case are….
3. What
document/article establish the Supreme Court?
4. How
does the power of judicial review act as a check on the legislative and executive
branches?
5. Judges
base their decisions based on ___________ set in other cases.
6. What
is a felony? Example?
7. What
is a misdemeanor? Example?
8. What
two cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction over?
9. What
are the steps in a civil case?
10.
What are the steps in a criminal case?
11.
What law codes have influenced our laws?
12.
What are the 6 types of laws?
13.
What practice did the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson protect?
14.
What practice did the Supreme Court make
unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of
Education?
15.
Which Supreme Court case ruled that if a
defendant could not afford a lawyer, the state must provide one?
16.
The Supreme Court made its ruling on Miranda v Arizona based on which
amendment?
17.
How many justices are on the Supreme
Court?
18.
What types of opinions do the justices
write? Why do they write opinions?
19.
Study the chart on the back.
20.
What does it mean to nullify a law?
21.
What kinds of cases are heard by
district courts?
22.
What is a statute?
23.
What is the name for the person who
files a lawsuit?
24.
Who is the person being sued?
25.
Explain what a complaint is.
26.
What is a crime?
27.
Who is the plaintiff in a criminal
trial?
28.
What is a summons?
29.
What are the three levels of the federal
courts system?
30.
How many lower courts are there?
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