Chapter 8 Worksheet

Chapter 8 Worksheet

Section 1

1. List the eight types of cases that involve federal jurisdiction?

2. What are the three levels of the federal court system?

3. What are the two ways that courts use the law?

4. What article of the Constitution established a supreme court? Who has the power toestablish lower federal courts?

5. What court is at the top of the federal court system?

6. What is exclusive jurisdiction?

7. What term means that both federal and state courts have jurisdiction?

Section 2

8. How long is a federal judge’s term? How can they be removed?

9. How many appeals courts are there?

10. How many Supreme Court justices are there?

11. What are the only courts in which juries are present?

12. What are the three ways in which an appeals court may rule?

13. What court officials take care of a federal judges “routine work”?

14. What is a precedent?

15. What is an order requiring a person to appear in court? Who issues them?

16. What is the job of an appeals court?

17. What officials represent the government in civil cases and prosecute those accused ofbreakingfederal laws?

18. Which courts primarily have original jurisdiction?

Section 3

19. How does a person become a Supreme Court justice?

20. What are the two instances of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court?

21. What body sets the number of Supreme Court justices?

22. What is meant by judicial review? What Supreme Court case established thisprinciple?

23. Who was the first African-American Supreme Court justice?

24. Who was the first female Supreme Court justice?

Section 4

25. How many justices must agree for the court to accept a case?

26. What court case overturned the precedent of “separate but equal”?

27. What directs a lower court to send all records on a case to the Supreme Court?

28. What is a brief?

29. What is a docket?

30. What is the minimum number of judges that must be present for a decision?

31. What is written by a justice that disagrees with the courts decision?

32. What is written that explains the courts ruling on a case?

33. What Supreme Court case permitted “separate but equal” facilities?

34. What term means opposing sides?

35. What type of vote is needed to decide a case in the Supreme Court?

36. When does the term for the Supreme Court begin?