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Judiciary Act of 1789
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Legislative act that established the basic three-tiered structure of the federal court system.
-Federal District Courts, Circuit Courts, Supreme Court |
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Judicial Review
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Power of the courts to review acts of other branches of government and the states.
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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Case in which the Supreme Court first asserted the power of judicial review by finding that congressional statute extending the Court's original jurisdiction was unconstitutional.
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A writ of certiorari
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A request for the Supreme Court to order up the records from a lower court to review the case.
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Rule of Four
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At least four justices of the Supreme Court must vote to consider a case before it can be heard.
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United States District Courts
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Trial courts in civil and criminal cases.
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United States Courts of Appeal
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Appeals from district courts. Normally three-judge panel. 11 circuits.
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Case or Controversy
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no advisory opinions
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Standing
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must have redressable injury that is actual or imminent
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Ripeness
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action is sufficiently final, used administrative procedures, threat of government action immediate.
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Mootness
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Judicial actions cannot solve after events, but exception for recurring.
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