Judicial Branch Terminology Checks and Balances Significant Decisions Chief Justices Potpourri 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
Judicial Branch Terminology 1 This is used when a case is decided using a previous decision on a similar matter
Judicial Branch Terminology 1 Precedent Stare decisis
Judicial Branch Terminology 2 When a justice bases a decision on what the Framers of the Constitution intended it is known as using
Judicial Branch Terminology 2 Original Intent
Judicial Branch Terminology 3 A Supreme Court that makes a decision that alters judicial precedent is known as
Judicial BranchTerminology3 Activist Court or loose constructionist
Judicial Branch Terminology 4 A document that supports the plaintiff or defendant even though the party that created the document does not have actual involvement in the case is known as a(n)
Judicial Branch Terminology 4 Amicus curiae brief
Judicial Branch Terminology 5 This term means let the decision stand
Judicial Branch Terminology 5 Stare decisis
Checks and Balances 1 Who appoints all federal judges and Supreme Court justices
Checks and Balances 1 The President of the United States
Checks and Balances 2 What are two methods a federal judge leaves office
Checks and Balances 2 Retire/step down Die Impeached
Checks and Balances 3 What are two ways the Supreme Court is insulated from public opinion
Checks and Balances 3 Appointed not elected Life terms Ability to choose cases Limited media/public access to the Court
Checks and Balances 4 Daily Double (make your wager) List three formal powers Congress has to check the judiciary
Checks and Balances 4 Senate confirmation of federal judges Alter the number of justices on the Supreme Court bench Alter the size/scope/jurisdiction of any federal court Impeach Amend the Constitution Create laws pertaining to the decision
Checks and Balances 5 Why does the Supreme Court need the other two branches of the federal government in order to have any power
Checks and Balances 5 Needs Congress to enact/change the law or to appropriate funds to enforce the decision Needs the executive branch to enforce the decision
Significant Decisions 1 Using the privacy clause implied in the Bill of Rights, this case permitted women to have an abortion
Significant Decisions 1 Roe v. Wade
Significant Decisions 2 This case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson ending the practice of segregation
Significant Decisions 2 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Significant Decisions 3 This case established the precedent that the Supreme Court had the power of judicial review
Significant Decisions 3 Marbury v. Madison
Significant Decisions 4 This case set the standard that actions taken by the federal government were supreme over state laws
Significant Decisions 4 McCullough v. Maryland
Significant Decisions 5 This case set the precedent for the federal government to control interstate trade
Significant Decisions 5 Gibbons v. Ogden
Chief Justices 1 Who was the first female Supreme Court justice
Chief Justices 1 Sandra Day O Connor
Chief Justices 2 He was the first Supreme Court Chief Justice
Chief Justices 2 John Jay
Chief Justices 3 He was Chief Justice in the Brown, Mapp, and Miranda decisions
Chief Justices 3 Earl Warren
Chief Justices 4 Who is the current Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Chief Justices 4 John Roberts
Chief Justices 5 He was Chief Justice in the Marbury, McCollough, and Gibbons Supreme Court decisions
Chief Justices 5 John Marshall
Potpourri 1 Enacted by the Judiciary Act of 1789, this vocabulary term calls for having state laws tried in state courts and federal laws tried in federal courts
Potpourri 1 Dual Court System
Potpourri 2 Most cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court were last tried in a or court.
Potpourri 2 Federal Appellate Court or State Supreme Court
Potpourri 3 Daily Double (make your wager) This has bound the states to the Bill of Rights according to the 14 th Amendment
Potpourri 3 Incorporation Doctrine Selective Incorporation
Potpourri 4 What qualification must be met in order to be sued in federal court
Potpourri 4 The complaint/issue must be related to federal law/the Constitution
Potpourri 5 What are three ways federal courts/judges/justices are held accountable to the public
Potpourri 5 Appointed/confirmed by elected bodies of government Reliance on the executive/legislative branches for enforcement of decisions Impeachment Reputation and credibility (sense of legitimacy)