Transcript Judicial Review

Covered
Concepts
Order
in the
Court!
Legal
Terms
Justice
Or
Rock Star?
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By the
Numbers
Number of
Supreme Court
Justices
What is 9?
Article of the
Constitution
that Created the
Judiciary
What is 3?
The Number of Circuits
What is 12?
Year Court of Appeals
was created
What is 1891?
Number of Districts
What is 94?
Martha Stewart’s
charges of insider
trading would be
an example of this
kind of case.
What is a
Criminal case?
When Brad Pitt and
Jennifer Aniston ended
their marriage through
divorce, this is an
example of this kind of
case.
What is Civil?
The ability to control the
money is a check of
the_________ branch on
the __________ branch.
What is the
Legislative over the
Executive?
The Chief Justice
In Marbury v.
Madison
Who is
John Marshall?
The authority to
hear and try a
case
What is
Jurisdiction?
A Court decision that
stands as an example to
be followed in future,
similar cases.
What is a
precedent?
These are the 3 things
the Supreme Court can
do when presented with
a case.
What is 1) allow the
lower court decision to
stand 2) send it back to
the lower court for
review or 3) hear and
then decide upon the
case?
Officially called the
“Opinion of the
Court”
What is the
Majority
Opinion?
These are detailed
written statements
in support of one
side of a case
What is a
Brief?
The Supreme Court
sends one of these to the
lower court when it
wants to hear a case.
What is a
Writ of
Certiorari?
The authority of a
court to review
decisions of an
inferior court.
(on appeal)
What is
Appellate
Jurisdiction?
The List of cases
the Supreme Court
will hear.
What is a docket?
The person who
files a suit
What is the
plaintiff?
The ability of a court
to declare a law
unconstitutional
What is Judicial
Review?
An interpretation of the
U.S. constitution holding
that the spirit of the times
and the needs of the nation
can legitimately influence
judicial decisions
What is Judicial
Activism?
Thurgood
Marshall
What is a Supreme Court
Justice?
(June 17, 1967 – June 28, 1991)
Gene Simmons
What is a
Rock Star?
Angus Young
What is
a Rock Star?
Samuel Alito
What is a Supreme
Court Justice?
2006 - present
Louis Brandeis
What is a
Supreme Court Justice?
June 5, 1916–February 13, 1939