Judicial Branch - By: Sean Duyvejonck

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