AP Gov Chapter 6: The Judiciary

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Jurisdiction

The right to make legal judgements

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Original Jurisdiction

The power to hear a case ahead of any other court

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Appellate Jurisdiction

The authority to review decisions made in lower courts

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Federalist 78

Argued the Judicial Branch would be the “weakest of the three branches”

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Writ of Mandamus

An order issued by the Supreme Court requiring a government agent to carry out a legal duty

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Marbury v. Madison

Established Judicial Review - a Court’s ability to declare a law unconstitutional

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Judicial Restraint

A judicial philosophy that calls for judges to respect the roles of other branches of federal and state government, to refrain from invalidating their law whenever possible, and to respect stare decisis

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Stare Decisis

The principle of deferring to precedent