Across
- 2. - the highest tribunal in the U.S.
- 5. - guilty or not guilty
- 7. - principle ways by which cases reach the supreme court
- 8. one who petitions a court to review the decision of a lower court
- 12. - the right of the court to declare a law, or action based upon that law
- 13. Jury - composed of six to twelve jurors from the federal district, actually hears the case in court
- 16. remind justices that differences of opinion do not preclude harmony of purpose
- 18. power to decide whether it will hear a case or not
- 19. - 1803 court case
Down
- 1. - a power given to the Supreme Court by judiciary act of 1789
- 3. who appeals a case
- 4. petition for the court to hear a case
- 6. where the justices meet
- 7. - the right for the court to review the ruling of a lowe court
- 9. any member of the court can reverse his position at any time before
- 10. - Chief Justice who wrote to the Supreme Court
- 11. - lawyers written argument
- 14. - material prevented as proof in a trial
- 15. - past decisions involving similar cases
- 17. - a jury that can agree on a verdict