Judicial Branch in a Flash

9.2-Judicial Branch in a Flash

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• ​Take a paper from the front of the room

• Open Assignment 9.2-Judicial Branch in a Flash on Teams in a separate tab

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• In a message on Teams, let me know what questions do you have about the legal system

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• Read ​document and answer parts A&B on your activity sheet

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Lesson Objectives

• Students will be able to identify the 3 levels of the court system with 100% accuracy

• Students will be able to define criminal court, civil court, supreme court, and verdict with 100% accuracy

Two Court Systems:

• All courts settle disputes and interpret laws

• Criminal-relating to crime. Government is the prosecutor

• Civil-relating to the rights of citizens. Two private parties are involved

Multiple Choice

The federal court system was created by Congress.

• True

• False

Trial court:

• State and federal level

  
  

• Have original jurisdiction (ability to hear the case first)

  
  

• Have original jurisdiction (ability to hear the case first)

  Trial’s outcome is called the VERDICT

Multiple Choice

There is only one judge in a trial court.

• True

• False

It's Not Over Until It's Over

• The losing side can appeal:

• Appellate courts can look for errors in trial court judgements

• State and Federal court systems must have both a court of appeals and a Supreme Court

• Appeals courts can: overturn a case when mistakes are made, affirm (agree with) the decision or remand it (return it to the lower case to be tried again)

Multiple Choice

If the Court of Appeals overturns a case, that means the court says the verdict was right.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When the Court of Appeals affirms a case, it sends the case back to the trial court.

• True

• False

Three levels of court:

Our court system is like an elevator, cases can go up and down between the levels

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If you don't like the decision made by a court, you can appeal it to a higher court​

Multiple Choice

When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an ________.

• appeal

• objection

• remand

• declaration

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court is a trial court

• True

• False

And That's Final!

• ​The final appeal can be made to the Supreme Court (although they don't take many cases appealed to them)

• 9 Justices (not judges) review the case and determine if a law or lower court decision is constitutional. This is Judicial Review

• If it is, the decision stands, if not, it is overturned​

• The Supreme Court's ​decision is FINAL, and applies to all future decisions (this is called precedence)

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

What are the 3 levels in the court system?

Legal System Questions:

• Parts A&B are due by the end of the class

• If you complete A&B, begin to work on the crossword on the back of the page​

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Complete "Judicial Branch in a Flash"