History Breanna

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Across
  1. 2. - the highest tribunal in the U.S.
  2. 5. - guilty or not guilty
  3. 7. - principle ways by which cases reach the supreme court
  4. 8. one who petitions a court to review the decision of a lower court
  5. 12. - the right of the court to declare a law, or action based upon that law
  6. 13. Jury - composed of six to twelve jurors from the federal district, actually hears the case in court
  7. 16. remind justices that differences of opinion do not preclude harmony of purpose
  8. 18. power to decide whether it will hear a case or not
  9. 19. - 1803 court case
Down
  1. 1. - a power given to the Supreme Court by judiciary act of 1789
  2. 3. who appeals a case
  3. 4. petition for the court to hear a case
  4. 6. where the justices meet
  5. 7. - the right for the court to review the ruling of a lowe court
  6. 9. any member of the court can reverse his position at any time before
  7. 10. - Chief Justice who wrote to the Supreme Court
  8. 11. - lawyers written argument
  9. 14. - material prevented as proof in a trial
  10. 15. - past decisions involving similar cases
  11. 17. - a jury that can agree on a verdict