Federal and State Court Study Guide



Executive/Judicial Study Guide

1. Name and explain the 7 roles of the Executive Branch.

2. Name 4 ways that the President can influence legislation

3. The President the laws of the land

4. Name 3 positions the President appoints.

5. What does it mean to “administer the federal bureaucracy?”

6. Virginia’s court system gets its organization and jurisdiction from two sources. Name them.

a. ________________________________

b. ________________________________

7. How are state courts organized and what jurisdiction does each level exercise?

8. State laws must conform to the ______________and _____________________ Constitutions.

9. Who are magistrates?

10. How are Federal Courts organized, and what jurisdiction does each exercise?

11. The Federal Court system’s organization and jurisdiction comes from what two sources?

12. What is Judicial Review?

13. Which Supreme Court case established Judicial Review?

14. The power of Judicial Review is an important ___________ on the Legislative and Executive Branches of Government.

15. What is the supreme law of the land and the court of last resort?

16. Courts resolve what two kinds of legal cases?

a. _____________________

b. _____________________

17. What is the criminal procedure in a felony case?

18. What is the procedure for bringing a civil case to trial?

19. Define the following words:

a. misdemeanor –

b. felony -

c. civil –

d. criminal –

e. arraignment –

f. bail –

g. juvenile –

h. original jurisdiction –

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Virginia Supreme Court

(Justices/No Jury)

• Court of Final Appeal (appellate jurisdiction)

• Limited original jurisdiction

Court of Appeals of Virginia

(Judges/No Jury)

• Appellate jurisdiction from Circuit Courts

Circuit Courts

(Judge and Jury)

• Original jurisdiction for felony criminal cases and for certain civil cases

• Appellate jurisdiction from District Courts

General District Courts/Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

(Judge/no jury)

• Original jurisdiction of misdemeanors

• Civil cases generally involving lower dollar amounts

• Juvenile and family cases

U.S. Supreme Court

(9 Justices/No Jury)

Jurisdiction: Appellate and Limited Original

U.S. Court of Appeals

(Justices/No Jury)

Jurisdiction: Appellate

U.S. District Court

(Judge with Jury)

Jurisdiction: Original

i. appellate jurisdiction –

j. plaintiff –

k. defendant –

l. probable cause –

m. due process-

n. 5th amendment-

o. 14th amendment-

p. Bureaucracy-

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