Judicial Branch in a Flash

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