Gov- judicial branch

Just like when studying the other two branches, the concept of the Oreo Cookie, _________ is involved. There are two levels of courts in our judicial system. ______ and ________ courts. Each layer has their own _________ or authority to hear cases. cases involving the federal ______, cases involving a dispute between two _______ and cases involving the federal ____ are all examples of cases that would be heard in federal court. All other cases are typically heard in _____ courts. The kidney of jurisdiction a federal court has to hear certain cases is sometimes called __________ jurisdiction while the term _____________ jurisdiction describes when both a state and a federal court hear a case.

• federalism

• state and federal

• jurisdiction

• law

• states

• government

• state

• exclusive

• concurrent

Another important factor to consider is the difference between criminal, civil, and Constitutional cases. A criminal case involves a _____ being broken. In this case there is a ________ attorney representing the ________. This might be a US ________ for a federal criminal case or a ______ attorney for a state level criminal case. The ________ is the person charged with the crime who typically is represented by a _________ attorney during the trial. A civil case on the other hand involves settling a dispute between two parties. In this case the ______ is the one who initiates or starts the lawsuit and the defendant is the one who is defending themselves against the lawsuit. Finally a constitutional case involves some dispute over _________ interpretation. Lawsuit here involves a __________ and a _______ as well

• law

• prosecuting

• state

• attorney

• county

• defendant

• defense

• plaintiff

• constitutional

• plaintiff

• defendant

The criminal procedure

1. arrest suspect

2. charging

3. first court appearance (where plea is entered)

4. jury selection

5. start trial

6. jury deliberation and verdict

7. sentencing

The Civil procedure

1. plaintiff files complaint with court

2. case preparation

3. trial

4. either judge or jury determines who wins the case

   * large effort is made to get an out of court settlement to avoid a trial

Don’t forget that typically the losing side in either a civil case or criminal case is allowed to _______ their case to the court of In a civil case either ________ can appeal the court’s decision. In a criminal case only the ________ can appeal a guilty _______The _______ cannot appeal a not guilty verdict. These appeals DO NOT happen like our simulated cases. There is a ___ judge panel that hears appeals. The plaintiff and defense attorney _______ their case in front of these judges. No _______ or testimonies are allowed here. And there’s even one more appeal left after this stage: the _______court

• appeal Appeals

• side

• defense

• verdict

• state

• three

• argue

• witnesses

• Supreme

There are ____ members on the US supreme court (________ each have their own Supreme courts as well). The members of the court are called ______, are nominated by the ________ and confirmed by the _______ to a ____ term. The supreme court has ______ jurisdiction to hear cases involving the _________ as well as disputes between ________. The ability of the Supreme Court to overturn laws as unconstitutional is called _________ _______. the court has _______ jurisdiction as the final court of _______. There is not jury or witnesses here. Oral arguments are given by attorneys on opposite sides of the case . The justices then discuss the case and eventually announce their _______. There are several kinds of opinions the court can issue. Usually a member of the majority vote writes the ______ opinion, which exp[lains why the majority voted the way they did. If the decision is not ________ decision someone from the majority vote writes a ________ opinion which explains why they think the majority is inncorrect. Finally hter can be a concurring opinion, whitish is when another majority voting justice writes an opinion explaining she agrees with the majority opinion, but for a different __________.

• Nine

• States

• Justices

• President

• Senate

• Life

• Original

• Constitution

• States

• Judicial review

• Appellate

• Appeals

• Opinions

• Majority

• Unanimous

• Dissenting

• Reason