Across
- 8. A court's list of cases to be heard
- 10. Case involving noncriminal matter
- 12. The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution
- 13. Case in which a defendant is tried for committing a crime as defined by the law
- 15. Part of the 14th Amendment which guarantees that no state deny basic rights to its people
- 16. The lower federal courts beneath the supreme court
- 17. Method of putting a case before the supreme court
- 19. The party who brings a suit or another legal action against a defendant in civil law
- 20. Foreign born residents or non-citizens
- 22. Including most of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights into the 14th Amendment
- 24. In civil law it is the person against who court action is brought or by the plaintiff or in criminal case it is the person who is charged with a crime
- 25. Order by a night court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for review
- 26. Court decision that stands as an example to be followed in future similar cases
- 27. Opinion of the courts
- 29. Positive acts of governments make constitutional guarantees a reality
- 30. The crime of attempting to overthrow the government by force or violence
Down
- 1. Church related, as in Parochial School
- 2. Power of federal courts alone to hear certain cases
- 3. Power shared by federal and state courts to hear certain cases
- 4. The authority of a court to review decisions of lower courts
- 5. The power of a court to hear a case first, before any other court
- 6. Guarantees of safety from acts of government
- 7. Authority of a court to hear a case
- 9. Seperates church and state
- 11. False and malicious use of spoken words
- 14. To gather with one another in order to express views on public matters
- 18. Written explanation of the views of one or more judges who support an opinion, but wish to add something to it.
- 21. Writtan explanation of judge's views who disagree with a decision of the court
- 23. Patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike
- 28. False and malicious use of printed words
