The Courts

2. An issue that a court believes should be decided by the executive or legislative branch.
5. A question that pertains the U.S. Constitution, acts of Congress, or treaties.
8. A brief filed by a third party who is not involved in the litigation, but has an interest in the outcome.
9. A court that has jurisdiction to review cases that were originally tried in a lower court.
12. When a superior court directs an inferior court to review a case.
14. Originated in England, it is the idea that decisions were applied to similar situations and gradually became common to the nation.
15. How many female Supreme Court Justices have there been?
16. To engage in a legal proceeding.
17. Current number of Supreme Court Justices.
18. The authority of the court to decide certain cases.
20. The rules and principles announced in court decisions.
22. What kind of court system does the United States have?
23. A court rule bearing on previous legal decisions.
24. What was given to the Supreme Court in 1935, 146 years after the court was formed?

1. Court that hears requests for warrants for the surveillance of suspected spies. This “court” was expanded to include the surveillance, if the purpose was “significant”, instead of just foreign intelligence.
3. Courts should defer to the decisions made by elected officials of the legislative and executive branches.
4. The average tenure of a Supreme Court Justice.
6. What district is Kansas in?
7. Courts should take an active role in checking the activities of governmental bodies when they exceed their authority.
10. To send a case back to the court that originally heard it.
11. Current Chief Justice of the United States.
13. An act that allows courts to hear requests for warrants for the surveillance of suspected spies.
14. Lawsuit filed by an individual that seeks damage for “all persons similarly situated”.
19. To stand on decided cases.
21. True or False? Supreme Court justices are elected.