2. Influence Characteristics Federal Court System Selection How it works? 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10

3. QUESTION: What court brings two parties with conflicts before an impartial arbiter, or judge ANSWER: Adversarial

4. QUESTION: What it the court’s authority to hear a case? ANSWER: Jurisdiction

5. QUESTION: Jurisdiction in which case is first heard? ANSWER: Original

6. QUESTION: What is the jurisdiction in which court hears a case from a lower court? ANSWER: Appellate

7. QUESTION: What type of jurisdiction can only be heard in certain courts? ANSWER: Exclusive

8. QUESTION: What is a court mentioned in the constitution? ANSWER: Supreme Court

9. QUESTION: Who can create all other courts beside the Supreme Court? ANSWER: Congress

10. QUESTION: How many district courts are staffed? ANSWER: 94

11. QUESTION: This court reviews cases from the United States courts of appeals and state supreme courts ANSWER: Supreme Court

12. QUESTION: What percent of cases in district courts end in trials? ANSWER: 2%

13. QUESTION: Federal judges are appointed by ANSWER: The President

14. QUESTION: Federal Judges are confirmed by ANSWER: Majority vote in senate

15. QUESTION: What does ABA stand for? ANSWER: American Bar Association

16. QUESTION: Name one of two Nomination criteria ANSWER: Competence or Ideology or policy preferences

17. QUESTION: Who is the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice ANSWER: Sonia Sotomayor

18. QUESTION: What is the rule that requires 4 justices to agree to hear the case? ANSWER: Rule of Four

19. QUESTION: How long can attorneys present their case in oral arguments? ANSWER: 30 minutes

20. QUESTION: Opinion of the Court ANSWER: Majority Opinion

21. QUESTION: Supports the majority opinion but stresses different constitutional or legal reasons for reaching the judgement. ANSWER: Concurring Opinion

22. QUESTION: “Friend of Court” briefs ANSWER: Amicus Curiae

23. QUESTION: Advocates of __________________ argue that the Supreme Court should use precedent and the Framers’ original intent to decide cases. ANSWER: Judicial Restraint

24. QUESTION: Court case in which judicial review was established ANSWER: Marbury v Madison.

25. QUESTION: “Let the decision stand” ANSWER: Stare decisis

26. QUESTION: Court reversed the decision that separate but equal was constitutional in this case. ANSWER: Brown v. Board of Education

27. QUESTION: Advocates of _______________ argue that federal courts must correct injustices when other branches fail to do so. ANSWER: Judicial Activism