1. 1. Name the two distinct court systems in our nation?
Judicial Branch
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