1. Judicial Branch Article 3 of the Constitution
Unit 5 Vocabulary
Judicial Branch
Article 3 of the Constitution

2. Dual Court System The United States court system based on Federalism.
Federal Courts
State Courts
The United States court system based on Federalism.
The two court systems are:
Federal
State

3. The 4 levels of the VA state court system
SACD
VA Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
District Court
The 4 levels of the VA state court system

4. SAD Supreme Court The organization of the federal courts Appeals Court
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
SAD
The organization of the federal courts
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
District Court

5. Judicial review
The power of the Supreme Court to strike down a law as unconstitutional.
Established in the case of Marbury v. Madison

6. Jurisdiction
The authority of a court to hear a particular type of case
The geographic area in which a court has authority to hear cases.

7. Original jurisdiction
A court’s authority to be the “first point of entry” into the court system for a particular kind of legal case.

8. Appellate jurisdiction
The authority of a court to hear an appeal of a case from a lower court.

9. appeal
To ask a higher court to review a case already heard in a lower court.

10. Marbury v Madison
Established the principal of judicial review

11. Supreme Court
Hears appeals from state courts
and lower federal courts

12. Court of Appeals Hears appeals and reviews
Decisions made in the U.S. District Court

13. District Courts Hears cases involving: People from different states
Disputes between states themselves
The Constitution and Constitutional rights
Violations of federal laws

14. Justices
Judges that serve at the U.S. Supreme Court or the Virginia Supreme Court.

15. Due Process
The constitutional requirement that the government must follow fair rules in a fair manner
Due process is guaranteed by the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

16. Fifth Amendment
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution says the national government cannot deny any citizen due process of law.

17. Magistrate A lower level judge who Issues warrants Issues subpoenas
Issues summons (civic duty)
can set bail!!!!