Key Terms - Week 11

The Judicial Branch

- adjudication
- litigant
- mediation
- judicial federalism
- - federal 
- - state 
- - local
- judicial selection
- - election (partisan)
- - appointment
- federal courts
- district courts
- circuit courts
- specialized courts
- - bankruptcy court
- - court of international trade
- - court of federal claims
- courts outside the judiciary
- - FISA
- - veterans claims
- - military
- - tax court
- - IRS appeals
- composition
- - diversity
- courts role
- judicial review
- judicial restraint / activism
- judicial process
- common law
- precedence
- civil law
- criminal law
- plaintiff
- defendants
- least dangerous branch
- - no electoral base
- - limited resources
- - no enforcement power
- - reactive decision makers
- supreme court process
- - certiorari
- - oral arguments
- - amicus curiae
- - rule of four
- - legitimate controversy
- - standing
- - moot
- - political question
- selecting cases
- - disputes between lower courts
- - lower ruling conflicts with SC ruling
- - significant disputes
- - US gov is a party
- majority opinion
- concurring opinions
- dissenting opinions
- clerks
- confirmation
- ideology