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16 Cards in this Set
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Criminal case
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Did they commit a crime? Consequence?
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Civil cases
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Settle a dispute
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Prosecutor
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Attorney/ Lawyer Reps. the state
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Defendant
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Accused of a crime
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Defendant
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Sued
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Plantiff
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Suer
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State Courts
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Violation of state/ local laws
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Federal Courts
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Violation of Federal offense
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Original jurisdiction
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Authority to hear a case first
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Appeal
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Have a case be validaded
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Judiciary act (1789)
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Established district court and court of appeals
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What is in the Federal Courts jurisdiction?
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Constitutional questions
Ships at sea Involving federal laws (treason, tax invasion) |
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Order of the state court system
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State trial court
State appeals court State Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court |
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3rd Article of the Constitution
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Creates the framework for the judicial system and gives congress the power to make lower courts (below the Supreme Court)
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Levels of federal court
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U.S. district courts
Court of appeals (circuit court) Supreme Court |
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Role of federal district courts
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There are 94
Each state has one and can have up to four Each court has 1-28 judges |
