Unit 4 – Judicial Branch Review

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. What is the purpose of the court system in a democratic society?

2. How is the court system organized?

3. How do courts resolve competing interests in a culturally/socially diverse society?

4. How have the courts impacted the democratic principles found in the Constitution?

precedent
Federal courts (names, jurisdiction, types of cases) – who created them
State Courts
federal judge appointments
state judge appointments
jurisdiction
original jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
concurrent jurisdiction
Supreme Court – role and create by
Step of the Supreme Court hearing a case
due process rights
grand jury
indictment
writ of habeas corpus
Civil liberties
treason / plea bargaining
contract
torts
negligence
judicial review
judicial activism
judicial restraint
Marbury v. Madison - established judicial review – John Marshall
Plessy v. Ferguson – separate but equal
Brown v. Board of Ed – 5th & 14tamendments
Miranda v. Arizona – 5th amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright – 6th, 14th and 8th
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
incorporation and the 14th amendment
civil and criminal law
defense types – self-defense, alibi, insanity reasonable doubt

Unit 4 – Judicial Branch Review

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. What is the purpose of the court system in a democratic society?

2. How is the court system organized?

3. How do courts resolve competing interests in a culturally/socially diverse society?

4. How have the courts impacted the democratic principles found in the Constitution?

precedent
Federal courts (names, jurisdiction, types of cases) – who created them
State Courts
federal judge appointments
state judge appointments
jurisdiction
original jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
concurrent jurisdiction
Supreme Court – role and create by
Step of the Supreme Court hearing a case
due process rights
grand jury
indictment
writ of habeas corpus
Civil liberties
treason / plea bargaining
contract
torts
negligence
judicial review
judicial activism
judicial restraint
Marbury v. Madison - established judicial review – John Marshall
Plessy v. Ferguson – separate but equal
Brown v. Board of Ed – 5th & 14tamendments
Miranda v. Arizona – 5th amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright – 6th, 14th and 8th
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
incorporation and the 14th amendment
civil and criminal law
defense types – self-defense, alibi, insanity reasonable doubt