CWP QUIZ REVIEW - 7.1 exam with correct answers 2024

inferior courts - answer-The lower federal courts, beneath the Supreme Court Jurisdiction - answer-The authority of a court to hear a case concurrent jurisdiction - answer-authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases Plaintiff - answer-One who begins a lawsuit Defendant - answer-an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime original jurisdiction - answer-the authority to hear cases for the first time appellate jurisdiction - answer-The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts Sandra Day O'Connor - answer-first woman supreme court justice. appointed by Reagan Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - answer-The other 3 that now sit on the court. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic member. Thurgood Marhsall and Clarence Thomas - answer-Only 2 African Americans to become justices so far juducial restraint - answer-Judges should decide cases if the basis of - the original intent of the stators involved in the case - precedent - a judicial decision that serves as a guide for settling later cases of similar nature judicial activism - answer-Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect current conditions and values. Judicial Review - answer-Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws Thomas Jefferson - answer-Wrote the Declaration of Independence William Marbury - answer-"Midnight Judge" appointed in the Judiciary Act of 1801. Sued government because he was never appointed, which resulted in Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review. James Madison - answer-4th President Father of the Constitution John Marshall - answer-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Summary of Judicial Branch - answer-Section 1 establishes the Supreme Court, its jurisdiction and authority and the right to trial by jury writ of certiorari - answer-An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a case for review, (derived from French?) certificate - answer-a method of putting a case before the Supreme Court; used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or rule of law that should apply in a case and asks the Supreme Court to certify the answer to a specific question Breifs - answer-written document that provide case background and precedents majority opinion - answer-sets out facts in case, identifies issue, details reasons that underpin majority's decision dissenting opinion - answer-A statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her opinion