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Judicial Review |
Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power may invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher authority, such as the terms of a written constitution. |
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Judicial Restraint |
A theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power. It asserts that judges should hesitate to strike down laws unless they are obviously unconstitutional, though what counts as obviously unconstitutional is itself a matter of some debate |
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Judicial Activism |
When judges substitute their own political opinions for the applicable law, or when judges act like a legislature (legislating from the bench) rather than like a traditional court |
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Constitutional Courts |
A high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e., whether they conflict with constitutionally established rights and freedoms |
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District Courts |
The lowest level US federal court, operating within a federal judicial district within a state, where matters under federal jurisdiction are tried//A state court having jurisdiction over matters established by state law, whether as a trial court or an appellate court within a certain district |
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Courts of Appeal |
The intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system. |
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Legislative Courts |
Courts created by legislature, other than courts created by constitution. Legislative courts are set up for some specialized purpose. For example, Court of Claims, and the U.S. Tax Court |
