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Team OneTeam One
Team TwoTeam Two
Team ThreeTeam Three
Team FourTeam Four
Team FiveTeam Five
Team SixTeam Six
The parties to a lawsuit are called ____________.
A. ____: the party who complains
2. ____: the party against whom the complaint is made
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What are LITIGANTS?
1. The plaintiff
2. The defendant
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Period of time after which “the party’s over” for a party’s ORAL ARGUMENT
before the Supreme Court
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What is 30 minutes?
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The requirement that plaintiffs must have a serious interest in a case which
dep3ends on whether they have sustained or are likely to sustain a direct
and substantial injury from a party or from an action of government
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What is
STANDING
TO SUE?
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Of these, the most likely plaintiff if a lawyer from the Justice Department is arguing the case for the defense:
a.An official of the U.S. government
b.A high official of one of the states
c.And individual accused of an illegal action against a state
d.An individual accused of a federal crime
e.An individual or group involved in a civil lawsuit against the U.S. government
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What is E?
an individual or group involved in a civil
lawsuit against the U.S. government”?
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“Friend of the Court” briefs filed by interested parties which are NOT
party to the lawsuit
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What are
AMICUS CURIAE
briefs?
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The power of judicial review was first used in John Marshall’s majority opinion in this case
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What is
Marbury v. Madison?
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The rule which determines whether or not the Supreme Court will hear a case
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What is the
RULE OF FOUR?
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The usual way a case gets to the United States Supreme Court
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What is by
Writ of Certiorari?
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It’s the motion filed by a mendicant who lacks the fee for filing a case
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What is
in forma pauperis?
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Term for cases involving citizens of different states
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What are cases
In DIVERSITY?
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the Senate’s custom of seeking approval of the officials in the
state where a FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE is
being appointed BEFORE confirming the appointment
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What is
SENATORIALCOURTESY?
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The use of previous decisions in similar cases as a basis for judgment in a current case
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What is
LEGAL PRECEDENT?
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The practice of letting established precedents stand and deciding
court cases with reference to those previous decisions
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What is
STARE DECISIS?
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Issues which are more appropriately decided at the ballot
box or by the President and/or Congress
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What are
POLITICALQUESTIONS?
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Judicial philosophy reflected in this statement: “Where there is
ambiguity as to the precise meaning or reach of a
constitutional provision, it should be interpreted and
applied in a manner so as to at least not contradict the
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What is
JUDICIAL
SELF-RESTRAINT?
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The view tht the Constitution should be interpreted according to the
founders’ purpose
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What is
ORIGINAL
INTENT?
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Lawsuit filed by a small number of plaintiffs on behalf of a much larger
number of individuals who have suffered similar injury
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What is a
CLASSACTION
Lawsuit?
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SEGREGATION:
1. By law
2. In actual fact
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What are
a.De jure
b.De facto
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Whether or not a case presents a real controversy in which a judicial decision can have a
practical effect
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What is
MOOTNESS?
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Whether or not the issues of a case are clear enough and
evolved enough (the time is right) to serve as a basis for a
decision
OR
A fruit that is ready to eat
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What is
RIPENESS?
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Arguably more powerful than age and experience might allow, they read cert petitions and write the
meos which Supreme Court justices use as a basis for deciding which
cases to hear
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Who are
LAW CLERKS?
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Prosecutor nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate for each of the 94 federal
district courts
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Who is the
U.S. ATTORNEY?
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Members of this committee consider the president’s judicial
nominees
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What is the
SENATEJUDICIARY
COMMITTEE?
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#3 in the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, he or she argues cases for the United States
Government before the Supreme Court
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Who is the SOLICITOR GENERAL?
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Since clerks are not allowed in, he or she opens the door during the conference
Who is the most
JUNIOR JUSTICE?
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JEOPARDY:
1. How many justices are there on SCOTUS?
2. ID the Chief Justice.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name them all.
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1. 9 Justices
2. Chief Justice John Roberts
3. Associate Justices: Antonin Scalia, David Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Sonya Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan
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