SSCG13 - The Judicial Branch

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What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?

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Original jurisdiction refers to a court where a case is first heard; appellate jurisdiction refers to a case being heard after it was tried in a lower court.

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How are federal judges selected?

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The person is named to the bench by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

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When a case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the court can do which of the following? Veto the appeal, Send the case to Congress to decide on the legality of the law involved, Send the case back to the lower court for reconsideration, Pass the case on to a higher court

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Send the case back to the lower court for reconsideration

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What conclusion could be drawn considering only about 1% of the cases applied to the Supreme Court are actually taken?

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Many cases are appealed to the Supreme Court, but it could only deal with a few of them.

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When a Supreme Court justice agrees with the decision reached by the Court in a case, but not with the reasons why the Court made that decision, he or she may choose to write a

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concurring opinion.

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What is a possible avenue through which some cases have reached the Supreme Court?

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The Court issues a writ of certiorari instructing a lower court to send it a case to review.

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This is the local, state, or federal court that is the first to hear a civil or criminal case. This involves hearing arguments from both sides, and sometimes involves a jury.

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Trial Court

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This kind of court case relates to the rights of citizens

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Civil

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The only court created by the Constitution is the

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Supreme Court

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How many justices serve on the Supreme Court?

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9