Supreme Court

Question	Answer
Supreme COurt	Highest Court in the Federal System. Has 9 Justices. Appointed by President and serve for life.
US Court of Appeals	12 of these. Serve for Life and appointed by President. Only hear cases that have been appealed.
District Courts	Lowest Level. 94 of these. Original Jurisdiction and no appeals cases.
Article III	Gives Congress power to create other federal courts.
Judiciary Act of 1789	Established the 3 tiered structure (Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and DIstrict Courts)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	Established power of Judicial Review
Judicial Review	Power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional
How are they Appointed	All Federal Judges are Appointed by the President with approval of US Senate
Original Jurisdiction	Authority of a Court to hear a case for the first time
Writ of Certiorari	Order of Supreme Court for a lower court to give them records
Rule of Four	For a case to be heard on appeal at least 4 of the 9 justices must agree
Brief	Written Statement arguing one side of the case
Majority Opinion	"Opinion of the Court" becomes law of the land
Concurring Opinion	Written by one of the Justices who voted with majority but for different reasons
Dissenting or Minority Opinion	Point of View of a Justice that disagrees with the Majority Opinion

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	Created by Mahogany Alajiah about 8 years ago