7 th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs

 _______ courts address __________ of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws  _____ courts address violations of state constitutions and state ____  Each _____ creates its own penal code

 _____ Court  _______ Court  State _______ Court

 Trial Courts  Generally hear _____ cases (misdemeanor crimes, _____ cases involving small amounts of _____)  Hearings with judges and no ______  Justice of the peace = _____  Judges hand down fines or short ____ _________  Can be divided into _________ courts (courts that handle specific things like ________ courts and family courts)

 _____ law determines how judges are selected in each state and the _______ of each type of judge’s ______

 Method of selecting ______ in which a committee prepares a list of qualified judges, the ________ appoints a judge from the list, and the judge faces ______ in next election

 State judicial _____ are set by state ___  In most states, judges face the ______ at the end of their term