Judicial Branch in a Flash

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Across
  1. 1. when an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court
  2. 7. one kind of evidence
  3. 9. number of justices on the Supreme Court
  4. 10. something that goes against the Constitution
  5. 12. type of court that reviews the trial court's decision
  6. 13. type of case about someone accused of committing a crime
  7. 14. group of people who decide a case after hearing the evidence
  8. 16. taking a case through the court system is like an
  9. 18. the first court to hear a case
  10. 22. when an appellate court rejects a verdict
  11. 23. type of trial that has no jury
  12. 24. what a judge wears
  13. 25. type of case relating to peoples' rights
  14. 26. asking an appellate court to review a case
Down
  1. 2. what appellate judges look for when they review a case
  2. 3. this court gets to choose which cases to hear
  3. 4. the Supreme Court's power to decide what is constitutional
  4. 5. the document that created the judicial branch
  5. 6. the lowest court in the federal system
  6. 8. number of court systems in the U.S.
  7. 11. when there is more than one judge, the group of judges is called
  8. 12. when an appellate court upholds a verdict
  9. 15. one kind of evidence
  10. 16. people or things that can prove one side's version of what happened
  11. 17. choosing between the federal or state court system depends on the ___ involved in the case
  12. 19. what an appellate court does with a case
  13. 20. court system that deals with United States laws
  14. 21. court system that deals with state laws