Ch. 8: The Judicial Branch

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Across
  1. 3. panels of citizens set up to hear evidence of a possible crime and to recommend whether the evidence is sufficient to file criminal charges
  2. 6. formal requests by the U.S. Supreme Court to call up the lower court case it decides to hear on appeal
  3. 7. person who files an appeal
  4. 10. minor criminal cases punishable by one year or less of prison time
  5. 12. these agree with the overall conclusion in the case, but stress some different or additional legal reasoning.
  6. 15. The authority of a court to hear a case
  7. 16. previous court rulings on a given legal questions
  8. 18. a judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court
  9. 20. the concept that a judge should interpret the Constitution according to the Framers' original intentions
  10. 24. the power of a court to hear a case first
  11. 25. a legal process by which persons who cannot pay money they owe others can receive court protection and assistance in settling their financial problems
Down
  1. 1. are responsible for overseeing some of the early hearings of a criminal trial when routine matters are carried out.
  2. 2. provide security and police protection at federal courthouses
  3. 4. the trial court record and written arguments
  4. 5. authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases
  5. 8. Separate opinions in which judges disagree with the conclusion reached by the majority of the court and expand on their own views about the case.
  6. 9. Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
  7. 11. The authority of a court to review decisions made by lower courts
  8. 12. hearings held for the trial of military personnel accused of violating military law
  9. 13. the sole right to hear a case
  10. 14. a process by which presidents generally allow senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objection
  11. 17. list of court cases to be heard
  12. 19. Court-appointed attorneys who are paid by the state to represent defendants who are unable to hire private counsel.
  13. 21. the rule that a citizen cannot sue the government without the government's consent
  14. 22. the person against whom a complaint is filed
  15. 23. person making the legal complaint