Across
- 3. The United States government cannot be ______ by anyone without its consent
- 4. What is the satisfaction of a claim
- 6. Types of cases that no criminal action was taken part
- 9. A ______ case is a case that a federal crime was committed
- 11. What is a list of cases that are to be heard
- 14. What do you call the person who files suits
- 15. The _______ court has 19 judges
- 16. Most courts in the country, federal and state, may exercise this important power
- 17. What is the authority of the court to hear a case
- 18. The district courts are most often heard by a _______ judge
- 19. Who was appointed a justice of peace for the District of Columbia on March 3, 1801
- 20. The courts opinions are valuable and majority opinions stand as _________
Down
- 1. Written documents filed with the Court before oral arguments begin
- 2. The concept of judicial activism and judicial restraint also affects the __________
- 5. How many judges handle more than 300,000 cases a year
- 7. The President and Senate also elects a United States _______
- 8. Case that the court directed the President to work with Congress to develop new procedures for the prosecution of Guantanamo Bay detainees
- 10. Who is the person who's complaint is against
- 12. A process used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or the rule of law that should apply
- 13. What type of courts sit in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the northern Marianas and function like the local courts in the 50 states