Test of Civics
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- constitutional court
- a federal court exercising the judicial powers found in the Constitution and where judges are protected
- district court
- the lowest federal courts where federal cases begin
- court of appeals
- the dederal courts with authority to review decisions by district courts
- legislative court
- a court that is created by congress for some specialized reason
- litmus test
- test of ideological purity
- jurisdiction
- the authority to make a decision
- writ of certorari
- an order issued by a higher court to a lower court to send up the record of a case for review
- brief
- a legal document prepared by an attorney representing a party before court
- amicus curiae
- interested groups or individuals not directly involved in a suit, who may file legal briefs or make oral arguments in support of one side
- judicial review
- the power of the judicial to declare acts of the legislature and of the executive to be unconstitutional
- strict constructionist approach
- the view that judges should decide case of the basis of the language of the constitution
- activist approach
- the view that judges discern the underlying principles of the constitution
- marbury vs madison
- the supreme courts landmark decision that provoked the use of judicial review
- dred scott case
- a runaway slave who was caught in the north and filed a suit in which ended up in the supreme court
- stare decisis
- let the decision stand - provokes the court to use judicial precedents
- live controversy rule
- a case can only be put forth if it deals with a real life problem and cannot deal with hypothetical questions
- standing to sue
- has to effect the person directly