JUDICIAL BRANCH TEST REVIEW

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Across
  1. 4. Making decisions without outside influence.
  2. 5. A person who presides over a trial, instructs the jury, and issues sentences.
  3. 7. Number of Supreme Courts.
  4. 11. Idea that the Constitution should be viewed in the context of a modern society.
  5. 12. A person called to provide evidence through testimony.
  6. 13. The U.S.A. has two court systems operating at the same time, which means we have a
  7. 15. Person being sued.
  8. 17. A formal request to have the Supreme Court hear your case.
Down
  1. 1. The idea that America's legal system is a contest between two opposing sides means we have an
  2. 2. Idea that the Constitution should be viewed in context of people who wrote it.
  3. 3. Attorney for the government in criminal cases.
  4. 6. Attorney for the defendant.
  5. 8. Person bringing suit.
  6. 9. A group of people who hear evidence & give a verdict.
  7. 10. Number of district courts.
  8. 14. A set of rules & standards a society must follow.
  9. 16. If a court hears a case first they have what type of jurisdiction?
  10. 18. Number of appeals courts.