Judicial Branch

2. to ask a higher court to review a lower court's decision and determine if justice was done.
5. appoints, and the Senate approves.
8. term lengths for Justices.
9. the legal representation for the defendant.
11. a government body that brings a criminal charge against a defendant who is accused of breaking one of its laws/
13. the court would involve adding more members to the Supreme Court for political reasons.
15. 1954 ruling that separate is not equal, overturned Plessy v Ferguson.
17. from this number they only select 100 cases to hear.
18. 2000 decision that stopped the recount in Florida for the Presidential election
21. 1977 ruling on the idea the 1st amendment protects speech that is unpopular and offensive.
22. they are the "workhorse" of the federal court system (total of 94)
25. 1969 ruling that students have the right to protest in school
27. Court that has three judges, no jury, no witnesses.
28. the authority to hear a case first

1. none listed or required to be on the Supreme Court, but is is expected that they were a lawyer, judge, or legal scholar.
3. guideline for how all similar cases should be decided in the future.
4. the number of judges we have set in law, but this number is not set in the constitution.
6. Judicial _____________ is the power to overturn any law that the court decides is in conflict with the Constitution.
7. court where they decide cases involving inventions.
10. written statement explaining the reasons for the decision.
12. 1896 ruling separate but equal
14. appointed to the Supreme Court in 1991.
16. 1857 ruling that state Congress did not have the power to ban slavery in U.S. territories.
19. cameras are not allowed in the Courtroom during oral arguments.
20. the party who answers the complaint and defends against it.
23. individual or group brining a complaint against another party.
24. appointed to the Supreme Court in 2022.
26. votes needed to find guilty or not guilty.