Judicial Branch in a Flash

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Across
  1. 3. Type of case relating to people's’ rights
  2. 4. Group of people who decide a case after hearing the evidence
  3. 6. This court gets to choose which cases to hear
  4. 9. Asking an appellate court to review a case
  5. 11. When an appellate court rejects a verdict
  6. 12. The document that created the judicial branch
  7. 16. Court system that deals with United State laws
  8. 17. Type of case about someone accused of committing a crime
  9. 18. One type of evidence
  10. 21. Taking a case through the court system is like an
  11. 22. One kind of evidence
  12. 23. Court system that deals with state laws
  13. 24. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court
  14. 26. Something that goes against the constitution
  15. 27. What a judge wears
Down
  1. 1. When an appellate court upholds a verdict
  2. 2. People or things that can prove one side’s version of what happened
  3. 4. The Supreme Court’s power to decide what is constitutional
  4. 5. What appellate judges look for when they review a case
  5. 7. When there is more than one judge, the group of judges is called
  6. 8. Type of court that reviews the trial court’s decision
  7. 10. type of trial that has no jury
  8. 13. Number of court systems in the U.S.
  9. 14. The lowest court in the federal system
  10. 15. Choosing between the federal or state court system depends on the___ involved in the case
  11. 19. Court The first court to hear a case
  12. 20. What an appellate court does with a case
  13. 25. Number of justices on the Supreme Court