Judicial Branch/Court Cases 1. Name the two distinct court systems in our nation? 2. Name the two distinct types of court cases in those systems? 3. What does the term “jurisdiction” mean? 4. What is original jurisdiction? 5. What is exclusive jurisdiction? 6. What is concurrent jurisdiction? 7. Which court system handles most of the nation’s legal cases? 8. Give three examples of the types of court cases which would belong in federal court? 9. What is the lowest level of federal court system? 10. Why do District Courts use a jury? 11. How are Federal District Court judges selected? 12. How long is the term of a Federal judge? 13. What is appellate jurisdiction? 14. How many Federal Appeals Courts are there? 15. How are Federal Appeals Court trials different from Federal District Court trials? 16. What three decision can a Federal Appeals Court give? 17. What is the Name of the highest Court in the Nation? 18. What is Judicial Review? 19. How many Justices are on the Supreme Court? 20. How are they selected? 21. What kinds of cases are usually heard by the Supreme Court? 22. How are the decisions of the Supreme Court determined? 23. Why does the Court issue written explanations of its decision? 24. What does the Majority Opinion represent? 25. What does a concurring decision represent? 26. What does a dissenting opinion represent? Please list the main Constitutional Question or Issue about Each of the Following Supreme Court Cases: 27. Marbury v. Madison 28. McCulloch v. Maryland 29. Gibbons v. Ogden 30. Scott v. Sanford 31. Plessy v. Ferguson 32. Schenck v. US 33. Korematsu v. US 34. Brown v. Baord of Education 35. Gideon v. Wainwright 36. Mapp v. Ohio 37. Abington School District v. Schempp 38. Reynolds v. Sims 39. Miranda v. Arizona 40. In re Gault 41. Tinker v. Des Moines 42. Roe v. Wade 43. Furman v. Georgia 44. US v. Nixon 45. Wallace v. Jaffree 46. New Jersey v. TLO 47. California v. Bakke 48. Hazelwood Schools v. Kuhlmeier 49. Texas v. Johnson 50. Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg