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The ConstitutionThe Constitution

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Potpourri Potpourri F. J.F. J.

What is appellate What is appellate jurisdiction ?jurisdiction ?

Jurisdiction under which Jurisdiction under which most of the High Court’s most of the High Court’s

cases are heard cases are heard

What are oral What are oral arguments?arguments?

The part of a case in which The part of a case in which the justices listen to the the justices listen to the

lawyers present their lawyers present their casescases

What is a What is a dissenting opinion?dissenting opinion?

The written explanation of The written explanation of those justices that did not those justices that did not vote with the majority in a vote with the majority in a

rulingruling

What is judicial What is judicial review?review?

The power to declare acts The power to declare acts of government of government

unconstitutionalunconstitutional

The first African American The first African American Supreme Court justiceSupreme Court justice

Who is Thurgood Marshall?Who is Thurgood Marshall?

Ruling that required all Ruling that required all arrested persons to be arrested persons to be informed of their rights informed of their rights

What is What is Miranda v. Miranda v. ArizonaArizona??

Evidence obtained from an Evidence obtained from an illegal search cannot be illegal search cannot be

used in courtused in court

What is What is Mapp v. OhioMapp v. Ohio??

Legalized abortion based on Legalized abortion based on right to privacy protected in right to privacy protected in

the fourth amendmentthe fourth amendment

What is Roe v. What is Roe v. Wade?Wade?

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Established the Supreme Established the Supreme Court’s power of judicial Court’s power of judicial

reviewreview

What is What is Marbury v. Marbury v. MadisonMadison??

Applied right to Applied right to counsel to state law counsel to state law

What is What is Gideon v. Gideon v. WainwrightWainwright??

Has original jurisdiction for Has original jurisdiction for criminal trials in North criminal trials in North

CarolinaCarolina

What is district What is district court?court?

Results when a decision Results when a decision in district court is in district court is

appealedappealed

What is a What is a trial de trial de novo novo [new trial]?[new trial]?

The highest court in North The highest court in North CarolinaCarolina

What is the Supreme What is the Supreme Court of North Court of North

Carolina?Carolina?

Usually the first legal Usually the first legal officer to confront the officer to confront the

arrested suspect arrested suspect

Who is the magistrate?Who is the magistrate?

Deals with criminal Deals with criminal cases involving under cases involving under

aged defendants aged defendants

What is juvenile court?What is juvenile court?

Orders a lower court to Orders a lower court to send records of a trial for send records of a trial for

the justices to reviewthe justices to review

What is a What is a writ of writ of certioraricertiorari??

The Supreme Court’s The Supreme Court’s calendar of casescalendar of cases

What is the docket?What is the docket?

Accepted set of procedures that Accepted set of procedures that protects a persons rights to life, protects a persons rights to life,

liberty and propertyliberty and property

What is due process?What is due process?

The Court’s decision to The Court’s decision to send the case back send the case back

down to the lower courtdown to the lower court

What is to remand?What is to remand?

Establishes a pattern for Establishes a pattern for further court rulingsfurther court rulings

What is a precedent?What is a precedent?

Establishes the Supreme Establishes the Supreme Court and federal judicial Court and federal judicial

branchbranch

What is Article III of the What is Article III of the Constitution?Constitution?

What is needed for a What is needed for a president’s judicial president’s judicial appointment to be appointment to be

confirmedconfirmed

What is Senate What is Senate approval?approval?

The term of office for a The term of office for a federal judge or Supreme federal judge or Supreme

Court justiceCourt justice

What is life [or, “during What is life [or, “during good behavior”]?good behavior”]?

Congress’s Congress’s constitutional check on constitutional check on

the power of the the power of the Supreme CourtSupreme Court

What is impeachment?What is impeachment?

Part of government that Part of government that created courts below the created courts below the Supreme Court, such as Supreme Court, such as the district courts and the district courts and

courts of appealcourts of appeal

What is Congress?What is Congress?

Forbids government from Forbids government from establishing or establishing or

encouraging an particular encouraging an particular religionreligion

What is the establishment What is the establishment clause of the First clause of the First

Amendment?Amendment?

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Known as the Due Known as the Due Process Amendment; Process Amendment;

used by federal courts to used by federal courts to apply Bill of Rights apply Bill of Rights

protections to state law.protections to state law.

What is the Fourteenth What is the Fourteenth Amendment?Amendment?

What is the Civil Rights Act What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?of 1964?

Law that ended Law that ended segregation in public segregation in public facilities and hiring facilities and hiring

practicespractices

What is affirmative What is affirmative action?action?

Programs that attempt to Programs that attempt to make up for past make up for past

discrimination by giving discrimination by giving advantages to minorities advantages to minorities

What is Swann v. Charlotte-What is Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Mecklenburg County Board of

Education?Education? Based on the Based on the Brown v. BoardBrown v. Board decision, it was a local case decision, it was a local case

which ordered students to be which ordered students to be bused to balance racial bused to balance racial populations in schoolspopulations in schools

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Ruling and practice Ruling and practice overturned by the overturned by the Brown v. Board of Brown v. Board of

EducationEducation decision decision

What was What was Plessy v. Plessy v. FergusonFerguson and and “separate but “separate but

equal”?equal”?