Guide for Judicial Branch Test

							                                              Study Guide for Judicial Branch Test
                                           (Chapter 18, Chapter 19 #1-3, Ch. 20, Ch. 21 #2-4)

 Jurisdiction of Federal Courts & State Courts                       Lemon v. Kurtzman 1971 (“The Lemon Test”)

   Exclusive Jurisdiction                                            Symbolic speech
   Concurrent Jurisdiction
   plaintiff                                                         Due Process
   defendant
   Original Jurisdiction                                             Procedural due process
   Appellate Jurisdiction
                                                                      Substantive due process
 Federal Judges: How long? How appointed?
                                                                      Search warrant
   District Courts
   Magistrates: What do they do?                                     Peonage
   U.S. Attorneys………….responsibilities
   U.S. Marshall…………… responsibilities                               Probable cause
   Supreme Court….Highest Court in the Land. Why?
   Judicial Review                                                   Exclusionary Rule

 How cases make it to the Supreme Court?                             Writ of Habeas Corpus

 Rule of Four                                                        Bill of Attainder

   Process of the Court                                              Ex post facto law

 How do the Justices make their decision                             Grand Jury

 Majority Opinion, Dissenting Opinion, Concurring                    Indictment
  Opinion
                                                                      Information
 Solicitor General
                                                                      Double Jeopardy
 Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
                                                                      Speedy, Public Trial
 Bill of Rights …What? Why?
                                                                      Right to adequate defense
 Due Process Clause
                                                                      Self Incrimination (Miranda rule)
 9 Amendment
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                                                                      Excessive Bail, Fine
 Establishment Clause
                                                                      Cruel & Unusual Punishment
 Free Exercise Clause
                                                                      Treason
 Shield Law
                                                                      Equal Protection Clause
 Equal Access Act of 1984
                                                                      Reasonable Classification

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 Rational Basis Test

 Strict Scrutiny Test

 Segregation

 Separate But Equal (Plessy v. Ferguson 1896)
  (Brown v. B.O.E. Topeka 1954)

 De Jure Segregation vs. De Facto Segregation

 Classification by Gender (Sex)

 Citizenship

 Jus soli, jus sanguine, Naturalization

 Immigration

 Expatriation

 Alien




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