Supreme Court Notes QHS

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Across
  1. 1. redrawing electoral districts to benefit certain groups and/or deny representation to others
  2. 3. when the punishment for a crime is being put to death
  3. 8. if due process was violated in some way
  4. 10. the official punishment when convicted of a particular crime
  5. 11. legal theory of interpreting the constitution with exact intentions of the original writers
  6. 12. legal theory of interpreting the constitution as a living document to work today and in the future
  7. 14. organization that tries to help people of color through sending test cases to the courts
  8. 16. Black, Indigenous, or People of Color
  9. 19. interprets the law
  10. 22. a court preceding when official charges are issued
  11. 23. Highest court in the Land decides constitutionality of Law through Judicial review
  12. 24. when law enforcement catches someone who has been accused of a crime
  13. 26. Supreme Court can decide if a law is constitutional or not though this process
  14. 28. the steps that must be taken to punish someone for breaking a law
  15. 29. writes the law
Down
  1. 2. carries out the law
  2. 4. a court that can only hear appeals cases
  3. 5. the cases that the Supreme Court chooses each year
  4. 6. determines which law enforcement agency or court has the power to enforce or interpret the law
  5. 7. approves or denies law and can make executive orders
  6. 9. cases that are found to test a particular law and trying to get it accepted into the SC docket
  7. 13. when a case goes to court
  8. 15. executive order by the Kennedy administration to require institutions that receive federal funding to look at minority candidates
  9. 17. to go against a previously decided cases and thus change how the law is interpret from then forward
  10. 18. America Civil Liberties Union organization that tries to help all people get equal rights and protections through sending test cases to the courts
  11. 20. if a jury finds someone guilty
  12. 21. writes the law made up of the Senate & House of Representatives
  13. 24. cases that are brought to another court after original decision. It can be appealed if there is an error of law or procedure
  14. 25. if the law is improper or unconstitutional
  15. 27. is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.