After the President appoints a Supreme Court Justice, who has to approve the appointment?
How long is the term of a Supreme Court justice?
What type of court do federal trials typically begin with?
The job of the appeals court is to...
If a case involves people from both Georgia and South Carolina, in which court should their trial be held?
What type of law relates to when a married couple decides to get a divorce and the judge hears both sides to make a decision on how their property should be divided?
Mrs. Moore got arrested for cutting off Box Tops in the cereal section at Walmart in an effort to win the Box Top competition at school. She cannot afford a lawyer and asks for a one, but is not given one, and is found guilty. Because she is a civics teacher, she knows about a similar case, and decides to sue the county. She knows that the court will most likely use the precedent set in Gideon v Wainwright to decide his case. What is a precedent?
Mrs. Patton’s lawyer was able to win her lawsuit against the county by using the precedent set in Gideon v. Wainwright. A precedent is what type of law?
The Supreme Court gets its power and authority from...
Congress has the power to establish lower courts.
John Fitz Porter, a general for the North during the Civil War, was court martialed (put on trial) for failure to follow orders during the Battle Of Bull Run. Which type of law would be used in General Porter's court martial?
Sally believes her school is violating the classroom size amendment in Florida's Constitution and decides to sue. Which court has original jurisdiction?
Truancy is defined as intentional and unauthorized absences from mandatory education (skipping school). In Florida, truant students can't get their driver's license, and if they have one, it can be suspended. Which type of law deals with truancy?
What lessons did future leaders learn from the 1974 U.S Supreme Court case United States vs Nixon?
If I was in a civil law trial, I would find the following people in the court room:
Which case would most likely be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court?
“It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. . . .” (From Marbury v. Madison, 1803). The quote above expresses the Supreme Court’s claim that:
What lessons did future U.S. leaders learn from the 1974 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Nixon?
States must pay for public defenders (lawyer) as a result of which U.S. Supreme Court case?
Cases between two states have original jurisdiction in the...