Across
- 4. another word for the decision of a jury (guilty/innocent)
- 5. the ability to decide whether a law is constitutional is known as:
- 8. a type of jurisdiction when a court hears a case for the first time
- 9. a type of jurisdiction that reviews the decisions of lower courts
- 10. all federal judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the:
- 11. a case that involves a dispute between groups of people, usually for money or property
- 13. the nearest federal DISTRICT court to us is in which city?
- 14. the circuit that people would make appeals in Pennsylvania (p.451)
- 15. the side who brings arguments/charges in a criminal case
- 16. the side who brings arguments in a civil case
- 18. US _____Court is where cases are argued for the first time
- 19. the group of people who decide the guilt/innocence in a trial
Down
- 1. the side who is being accused in a criminal or civil case
- 2. a case that determines whether someone broke the law
- 3. the nearest US Court of Appeals courthouse is in:
- 5. the authority to hear and argue a case
- 6. any federal court that is not the Supreme Court
- 7. the US Court of _____ has appellate jurisdiction
- 12. the main job of the Judicial Branch is to _____ laws.
- 17. a geographical area where an appeal is made