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2. African American have thus far become justicesSotomayor courts first hispanic member
3. Justice Sotomayor is also Court's first Hispanic member.
4. jurisdiction comes from the word appellare, meaning to speak to, to call, upon, or to appeal to.
5. Its list of cases to be heard.
6. African American have thus far become justices
8. usually to make some points not made or not emphasized in the majority opinion.
10. one in which a defendant is tired for committing some action.
11. Judicial decision that serves as a guide for settling later cases of similar nature.
14. The lower federal courts, those beneath the supreme court.
17. may be written by those justices who do not agree with the courts majority decision.
18. judges should decide cases on the basis of the original intent of the farmers or those who enacted the statute.
19. they share the power to hear these cases.
20. court is often described as the court of first instance.
23. take a much broader view of judicial power.
24. serve the special disciplinary needs of the armed forces and are not a part of the federal court system.
25. The person against whom the complaint is made

1. was the first appointed in 1981
5. Superior court judges are chosen for four-year terms.
7. Writ is an order by a given case of review.
9. The person who files the suit-may bring the case in the proper state or federal court.
12. sets out the facts in a case, identifies the issues it presents.
13. Defined as the authority of a court to hear.
15. A part of the judicial branch, entirely separate from the military establishment.
16. With the court before they present their oral arguments.
21. the transcript of proceedings made in the trial court.
22. involves some noncriminal matter.