1. 7 th Grade Civics Miss Smith *pgs. 217-220

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

3.  _____ Court  _______ Court  State _______ Court

4.  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)

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

6.  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

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