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State courts were created by
 
each state's constitution
 
the U.S. Constitution
At trial, lawyers try to prove their case using
 
evidence
 
an appeal
If you break a United States law, your case will probably be in
 
federal court
 
state court
The decision in a case is called the
 
verdict
 
evidence
 
bailiff
If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will see
 
three judges
 
one judge
 
nine judges
If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it has
 
remanded the case
 
affirmed the case
The Supreme Court has...
 
nine justices
 
three justices
 
one justice
A word that means “relating to the rights of citizens”
 
civil
 
criminal
If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a
 
jury trial
 
bench trial
If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it will...
 
reverse the case
 
affirm the decision
The court that gets to decide what is constitutional
 
Supreme Court
 
Trial Court
 
District Court of Appeals
If you appeal a case, you are going to...
 
Court of Appeals
 
Trial Court
When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is...
 
CRIMINAL
 
CIVIL
The Supreme Court gets the last word about what the Constitution really says.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
When the Court of Appeals affirms a case, it sends the case back to the trial court.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an appeal.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
State court systems were created by the Constitution of the United States.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
The federal court system was created by Congress.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
If the Court of Appeals remands a case, that means the court says the verdict was good.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
It would be easy to prove a case without evidence.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
If you break a state law, your case will probably be in a state court system.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
A jury decides the case in a bench trial.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
The Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
There is only one judge in a trial court.
 
TRUE
 
FALSE
The Supreme Court is a trial court.
 
FALSE
 
TRUE
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