Judicial Branch in a Flash
Across
- 3. when there is more than one judge, the group of judges is called
- 8. people or things that can prove one side's version of what happened
- 9. court system that deals with United States laws
- 12. number of court systems in the U.S.
- 13. the document that created the judicial branch
- 14. one kind of evidence (captures a moment forever)
- 15. what appellate judges look for when they review a case
- 17. a person who may have seen something and makes a statement about a case
- 20. when an appellate court rejects a verdict
- 22. number of justices on the supreme court
- 24. what a judge wears
- 25. the first court to hear a case
Down
- 1. this court gets to choose which cases to hear
- 2. something that goes against the constitution
- 4. type of court that reviews the trial court's decision
- 5. type of case about someone accused of committing a crime
- 6. the supreme court's power to decide what is constitutional
- 7. when an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court
- 10. court system that deals with state laws
- 11. the lowest court in the federal system is called
- 16. asking a higher court to review a case
- 18. type of trial that has no jury
- 19. type of case relating to peoples' rights
- 21. what an appellate court does with a case
- 23. group of people who decide a case after hearing the evidence
- 26. when an appellate court upholds a verdict