Ap Flashcards

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