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| 9859451038 | Criminal Law | mostly done by the states court, it will deal with the people breaking the law. Usually has some kind of punishment if guilty | 0 | |
| 9859452254 | Civil Law | When a person sues another person | 1 | |
| 9859457485 | Litigants | A person involved in personality lawsuit | 2 | |
| 9859459460 | judicial disputes | The case has to have something to do with the law | 3 | |
| 9859463660 | Judicial review | The court has the right to make decision | 4 | |
| 9859467223 | Judiciary act of 1789 | First act passed by congress to give powers to courts | 5 | |
| 9859470438 | Standing to sue | A person must have a ground to sue and they must be affected. cant sue for freind | 6 | |
| 9859473953 | Class action suit | class action, class suit, or representative action is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member of that group | 7 | |
| 9859475692 | Amicus curiae Briefs | To influence the court decision by petition | 8 | |
| 9859480964 | Original jurisdiction | That the place the crime happens must be returned to the original place. | 9 | |
| 9859487241 | Appellate jurisdiction | Power of high court to review and change the lower court decisions | 10 | |
| 9859490151 | District courts | Mostly due the heavy work in the federal courts | 11 | |
| 9859491047 | Court of appeals | The court that a person can appeal the case to. | 12 | |
| 9859493065 | Supreme court | The highest court on the land that has the piwer to change all the court ruling if it wants | 13 | |
| 9859496646 | Writ of ceritorari | Official document bringing a case to the court | 14 | |
| 9859498533 | Per curiam decisssion | by decision of a judge, or of a court in unanimous agreement. | 15 | |
| 9859499710 | Solicitor general | represents the govt in the supreme court | 16 | |
| 9859502705 | Stare decisis | the legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent. | 17 | |
| 9859503519 | Precedent | If a case has already been resolved by previous ruling. The case has already been in courts and been resolved | 18 | |
| 9859505724 | Original intent | Reading the constitution as literally every step of the way | 19 | |
| 9859510487 | Judicial implention | The courts have no formal way to enforce their decision and depend on the executive to enforce | 20 | |
| 9859513189 | Judaical restraint | When courts stay away from social issues | 21 | |
| 9859514338 | Judicial activism | When courts fight for what the think is right | 22 | |
| 9859523858 | Bureaucracy | They enforce the laws and have discretion. They set the rules. | 23 | |
| 9859527229 | Patronage | Awarding jobs to loyal people not most qualified | 24 | |
| 9859529477 | Pendleton Civil Service Act | Sets the rules for hiring people and sets merit | 25 | |
| 9859534344 | Civil Service | An exam for all govt jobs in order to make it equal | 26 | |
| 9859537144 | Merit prinicpal | Having the qualification to get the job. Jobs based on qualification not patronage | 27 | |
| 9859538870 | Hatch act | sets rules and laws for fed workers to not get involved in political activity. | 28 | |
| 9859543478 | Independent Regulatory Agency/ Commission | They're independent from he president and usually have a specific job like CIA | 29 | |
| 9859546284 | Government corp | They provide service to make profit | 30 | |
| 9859548656 | Independent Executive Agency/Commission | They function outside of the president power and have regulatory power to regulate the economy | 31 |
