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Government Unit 5 The Judicial Branch

Level I
1. Be able to define the following terms:

Civil Law Criminal Law Plaintiff


Defendant
Constitutional Law Probate Family
Traffic
Juvenile Small Claims Municipal Appeal
Jurisdiction District Court Circuit Court Supreme
Court
Issues of Law Issues of Fact US Court of Claims
Magistrate
Court of International Trade Bankruptcy Court US Tax Court
Docket
Court of Military Appeals Court of Veterans Appeals Writ of Certiorari Chief
Justice
Brief Amicus Curiae Majority Opinion
Dissenting Opinion
Concurring Opinion Judicial Review Marbury v. Madison
Precedent
Judicial Activism Judicial Restraint

2. Be able to state the Article of the Constitution that created the Judicial Branch.

3. Be able to describe Civil and Criminal cases.

4. Be able to list and describe the function of several state and federal courts.

5. Be able to identify which Federal Circuit Michigan is in.

6. Be able to organize the hierarchy of the state and federal court system.

7. Be able to describe which factors of a case can be appeals and which cannot.

8. Be able to explain how cases reach the Supreme Court.

9. Be able to describe the procedures of the Supreme Court.

10.Be able to describe the results of a Supreme Court case.

11.Be able to explain the Supreme Court’s policy-making power.

12.Be able to explain the importance of the precedent set by Supreme Court decisions.

Level II

13.Be able to identify the Plaintiff and Defendant of a given case.

14.Be able to decide whether a case is a Civil case or Criminal case given only its name.

15.Be able to place a case in a state or federal court according to the jurisdiction of each.

16.Be able to deliver a sample brief.

17.Be able to demonstrate Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinions.

18.Be able to use the Core Democratic Values to justify arguments and decisions in the
Supreme Court.
19.Be able to illustrate Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism.

20.Be able to state the precedents set by the Landmark Supreme Court Cases presented in
class.

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