Judicial Branch

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Across
  1. 3. constitutional protect against unfair government actions and laws.
  2. 5. the final decision made by a judge or jury.
  3. 7. power of US Supreme court to rule a law unconstitutional.
  4. 8. the person or party required to respond to the petition filed by someone else.
  5. 9. the right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review his/her case.
  6. 10. the official calendar or list of cases that a court plans to hear.
  7. 11. the authority to interpret and administer the law.
Down
  1. 1. the party who starts a legal case by filing a formal request or petition, with a court
  2. 2. a formal charging of someone with a crime, or being brought before the court to answer questions about a crime.
  3. 4. person accused of a crime in a criminal case.
  4. 6. government's side of a criminal case.