POL 104, American Government
CHAPTER 12: SUPREME COURT
& THE AMERICAN JUDICIARY
cases
(criminal, civil)
crime
civil
cases (tort, breach of contract, family law, administrative law)*
jurisdiction
limited
jurisdiction
general
jurisdiction
appellate
jurisdiction*
original
jurisdiction
concurrent
jurisdiction*
exclusive
jurisdiction*
trial
courts
intermediate
appellate courts
courts
of last resort
United
States district courts
United
States courts of appeals
federal
question jurisdiction
diversity
(of citizenship) jurisdiction*
rule
of four
senatorial
courtesy
judicial
review (also in chapter 1)
Marbury v. Madison*
(in chapter 1)
Federalist
#78*
petitions
for writ of certiorari*
briefs
amicus curiae
Solicitor
General of the United States
Attorney
General*
United
States Attorneys*
opinion
of the court
decision
or judgment*
concurring
opinion
dissenting
opinion
precedents
stare decisis
12/2017