JUDICIAL BRANCH TEST REVIEW
Across
- 4. Making decisions without outside influence.
- 5. A person who presides over a trial, instructs the jury, and issues sentences.
- 7. Number of Supreme Courts.
- 11. Idea that the Constitution should be viewed in the context of a modern society.
- 12. A person called to provide evidence through testimony.
- 13. The U.S.A. has two court systems operating at the same time, which means we have a
- 15. Person being sued.
- 17. A formal request to have the Supreme Court hear your case.
Down
- 1. The idea that America's legal system is a contest between two opposing sides means we have an
- 2. Idea that the Constitution should be viewed in context of people who wrote it.
- 3. Attorney for the government in criminal cases.
- 6. Attorney for the defendant.
- 8. Person bringing suit.
- 9. A group of people who hear evidence & give a verdict.
- 10. Number of district courts.
- 14. A set of rules & standards a society must follow.
- 16. If a court hears a case first they have what type of jurisdiction?
- 18. Number of appeals courts.