Courts (Pols)

Front 1

Resolving conflicts 3 steps: ___, politics, adjudication ( political institutions establish rules for ___

Back 1

force, behavoir/ resolution

Front 2

Conflict occurs when ___ parties argue, conflict brought to ___, disinterested third party who establishes ___ then ___ clase to previously existing rules and interperts ___'s meanings and applies rules to facts of case or makes a ____

Back 2

neutral,court, facts, compares, rule, decision

Front 3

Adjustication is ____; concern for ___, objective facts, for ___, ___ (what's right or more right), decision not based on ___, power or size

Back 3

political, truth, law, justice, strength

Front 4

Kinds of law include: ___ law - #1 supremacy, what Constitution says interprt by court; ___ law - action of Congress (bills), status

Back 4

constitutional, statutory,

Front 5

Kinds of law include: ___ law - not in hiearchy, collection of laws; ___ law - most massive; ___ law - unique, based common sense; ___ law - justice before action

Back 5

case, administrative, common, equity

Front 6

Court structure: __ system, federal & state courts (___ cases, supreme, general, ___ or appeals
Federal: ___ courts, intermediate appeal courts, courts of last resort

Back 6

dual, most, court
trial

Front 7

Judicial procedure for criminal cases: ___ through trail through appeals.

Back 7

arrest

Front 8

Grand jury: __ to __ people, called by __ attorney, presents evidence, inditement

Back 8

16, 25, US

Front 9

Pre-trial process: __ 80% cases settle here w/ plea bargain, usually plead guilty to __ sentence

Back 9

over , lower

Front 10

Defendent choose between __ or __. Distictic petit jury of __ people, unanimous to convict.

Back 10

trial, bench, 12

Front 11

Judge can only overrule ___ verdict.

Back 11

guilty

Front 12

Appeals process: begins time police into custody, apelate - panel of __to___ judges, attorney briefs, hearings then set free or tried again

Back 12

3, 5

Front 13

Supreme Court procedure: __ accept every case, rule of __ to accept, writ of cetiorari (demand to __ court to send to Supreme), briefs (can include not involved opinion called ___ curiae brief), oral agruments, conference (___), opinions (___ system 5-4 or 4-3)

Back 13

not, 4, lower, amicus, secret, majority

Front 14

Judicial branch considered __ dangerous, and not a power of __ or __.

Back 14

least, purse, sword

Front 15

Judicial appoint: ___ nominates for vacancy (senatorial courtesy for district court, appellate include politics, ___, judicial philosphophy), __ consents

Back 15

president, partisanship, Senate

Front 16

Judicial activism (protection from __ majority, ___ constitution) vs. restraint (original ___)

Back 16

tyranny, living, intent

Front 17

Courts are inheriantly ___.

Back 17

slow

Front 18

Civil Liberties: freedom from __ restrictions. Includes Bill of Rights and __ ammend.

Back 18

gov't, 14th

Front 19

Most ammends are about __ rights.

Back 19

criminal

Front 20

Due process clause - can't take life, liberty, or __ w/out due proccess - entitled to __ trial

Back 20

property, fair

Front 21

- Review: the power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the const., or the state const.

Back 21

Judicial

Front 22

- System: system in which the court of law is neutral arena where two parties argue their diffs. Based on the - theory.

Back 22

adversary, flight

Front 23

Judicial power is - and -, and only - disputes can be ruled over.

Back 23

passive, reactive, justiciable

Front 24

Individs may file suit under - law, the gov't may file suit uner - law.

Back 24

civil, criminal

Front 25

- Law: law that comes from authoritative and specific law making sources
vs
- Law: judge-made law that originated in England, where the decision of previous cases decided common cases.

Back 25

Statutory
vs
Common

Front 26

The const. requries a - Court, and Congress decideds whether or not there will be other courts.

Back 26

Supreme

Front 27

The Supreme court has - jurisdiction in cases where the state is a part; it has - jurisdiction in other cases.

Back 27

original, appellate

Front 28

- Courts, each state has at least one, are trial courts of - jurisdiction. Only fed courts that emply grand - and petit -.

Back 28

District, origininal
juries, juries

Front 29

Courts of -: where decisions of federal districts courts maybe reviewed and -. There are # judicial circuits in the US, # including District of Col., and # includ the appellate court for the Federal Circuit. These courts are powerful - makers.

Back 29

Appeals, appealed, 11, 12, 13
Policy

Front 30

- - pervades our judicial system and promotes certainty, uniformity, and stability in the law.

Back 30

stare decisis

Front 31

Supreme Court Operations:
The - Justice is appointed by -, he heads the entired federal judiciary, and has special admin responsibilities in overseeing the operation of the -.

Back 31

cheif, the president, judiciary

Front 32

To get to the SC, a writ of - is needed. The more importance in the operation of the - as a whole, the more likely to be heard. Grants cases based on the rule of -.

Back 32

certiorari, gov't
four

Front 33

the solicitor general represents the federal gov't before the SC an is sometimes called the - justice

Back 33

tenth

Front 34

- of court is an explantation of a decision made by the court.

Back 34

opinion

Front 35

The invovlement of courts in - exposes the judiciary to political crit.

Back 35

politics

Front 36

There is a link bw the judges and the -. Judicial opinions that - what the people want have the greatest survival value.

Back 36

people, reflect