Chapter 18 crossword GG

3. a criminal case, in the federal courts, is one in which a defendant is tried for committing some action that congress has declared by law.
8. the lowerd federal courts, thoes beneath the supreme court.
9. the person whom the complaint is against can have the trial moved, under certain circumstances, to the federal district court.
12. alrogether, 179 circiut judeges sit on these appellate courts.
14. this writ is an order by the court directing a lower court t osend up the record in a given caes for its review.
16. serve the special disciplinary needs of armed forces and are not a part of the federal court system. their judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court reporters.
17. over that case the higher court the appellate court may uphold, overrule, or in some way modify the desicion appealed form the lower court.
20. there are two separate court systems in the united states. One with 100 courts other with 50 states.

1. the court first asserted its power of judicial review in the classic case of...
2. acting under its pwoer to tax, congress created the united states tax court in 1969 as an independent judical body.
4. this process is used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or the rule of law that should apply in a case.
5. a court operating as apart of the judicial branch, entirely separate from the militar establishment.
6. the district courts have original jurisdiction over most cases that are heard in the federal courts expect theo ones that fall in with the supreme court.
7. the person wo files suit may bring the case in proper state or federal court, as he or she chooses.
10. the fifty states are divided inot 89 federal judicial districts, and there are also federal distric courts of washington D.C. etc...
11. Remember, most courts in this country, both federal and state, may exercise the ciritically important power of judicial review.
13. in 2003 president Geroge W Bush ordered the creation of a number of military commission, court like bodies composed of commissioned officers.
15. satisfaction of a claim, payment only by an act of congress. IN 1855 however, congress, set up the court of claims to hear such pleas.
18. its list of cases to be heard.
19. breifs are written documents filed with the court before oral arguments begin.