American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

276 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT Trial Court The court in which most cases begin. General Jurisdiction Exist ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 277 for the District of Columbia, hear appeals from the federal district courts located within th ...

278 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Bush a ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 279 ity over detainees’ habeas corpus challenges were illegal.^3 The decision gave Guantánamo det ...

280 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT Writ of Certiorari An order issued by a higher court to a lower court to se ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 281 Opinion A statement by a judge or a court of the decision reached in a case. An opinion sets ...

282 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT Senatorial Courtesy In federal district court judgeship nominations, a trad ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 283 supreme court Appointments. As we have mentioned, the president nominates Supreme Court justi ...

284 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT Partisanship and Judicial Appointments In most circumstances, the president ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 285 as chief justice. This was because Alito was a reliable member of the Court’s conservative wi ...

286 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT Judicial Activism A doctrine holding that the federal judiciary should take ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 287 John Roberts at his swearing-in ceremony at the White House. Because of his relative youth, h ...

288 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT held, for the first time in sixty years, that Congress had overreached its ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 289 Judicial Implementation The way in which court decisions are translated into action. replaced ...

290 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT significant loss of public support and could even lead to impeachment heari ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 291 Guard to block the integration of Central High School in Little Rock. Ultimately, President D ...

292 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT filing an equal-pay lawsuit each time an employer issues a discriminatory p ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 293 Political Question An issue that a court believes should be decided by the executive or legis ...

294 PART ThRee • InsTITuTIons of AmeRIcAn GoveRnmenT The U.S. legal system may seem too complex to be influenced by one individu ...

chAPTeR TweLve • The JudIcIARy 295 affirm 281 amicus curiae brief 274 appellate court 276 case law 273 class-action suit 274 com ...