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20 Cards in this Set
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two court systems
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Supreme Court
Lower - Federal, State Courts |
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plaintiff usually seeks
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compensatory damages
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what is it called when a large number of people have been effected
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class-action suits
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State Appellate Courts
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if superior courts(county level) appeal, judges argue and majority vote wins
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After appellate court, an appeal goes to the _____ ______ _______
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state supreme Court
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state judges get into office by
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election
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Congress organized the lower levels of Fed court through the
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Judiciary Act of 1789
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District courts often our first to hear
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constitutional issues like
Gideon v Wainright |
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how many appeal courts in Fed Court system
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13 districts called circuits
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how many members in SC
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9, 1 chief justice, 8 associate justices
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SC hear court cases form
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court of appeals and
original jurisdiction, foreign disputes |
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term judicial review means what______________ an act of __________. It was established in what case
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invalidate an act of Congress
Marbury v Madison |
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SC under Marshall practiced_________________
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judicial nationalism - favored fed govt at expense of states
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McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
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broadly defined the elastic clause rulling that a state could not tax a federal bank
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Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
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state could not regulate interstate commerce
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Cases are appealed to SC through
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writ of certiorari
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writ of certiorari means
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request for review based on a particular issue in the case
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what is the rule of four
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only four of justices have to agree to hear before it is placed on the docket
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amicus curiae
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friend of the court, is a group not involved in litigation and submits a amicus curiae (brief) with permission of Supreme Court
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precedent in latin also known as
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stare decisis
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