Judicial Branch

The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional

This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review

Highest court in the US

A state's highest court which typically decides matters of law appealed from lower courts

a court in which appeals from trial-court decisions are heard

The Florida circuit courts are state courts, and are trial courts of original jurisdiction for most controversies.

The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. These are the courts that determine the facts about a case.

the courts where most federal cases begin, the U.S. District Courts are courts of original jurisdiction and hear civil and criminal cases

Decides cases which are appealed from the federal district courts.

How similar cases have been decided in the past.

A case involving a noncriminal matter, such as a contract dispute

Courts that have the potential to take away someone's freedom

a system of law based on precedent and customs

a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

document that gave England a government based on a system of laws and a freely elected parliament

(1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John of England was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

the jury must not be prejudiced (influenced) against the defendant

a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

the decision of a jury

laws applicable to people in the armed forces

principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern

a court composed of military personnel, for the trial of those accused of violating military law

A serious crime

minor crime