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| Civil d Service | People who choose to work in an agency or dept. of the govt. |
| Pendelton Act/Merit System | System of giving govt. positions to those who are well qualified for those positions by administering job-specific tests. |
| Jurisdiction | The authority to hear and decide an issue. |
| District Court | Lowest level of federal court- uses a jury to decide an issue. |
| Appeals Court | Federal Court that hear cases on first appeal and uses a panel of judges to determine whether the trial was fair. |
| Uphold | Ruling given by an Appeals or Supreme Court that means the verdict in the original trial was fairly reached. |
| Overturn | Ruling in an Appeals or Supreme Court case that mean the original verdict is placed aside and the case is thrown out. |
| Remand | Ruling in an Appeals or Supreme Court case that means the case was unfairly reached and a new trial is ordered in a lower court. |
| Appellate Jurisdiction | Authorityto hear a case after it has been heard in a lower court. |
| Judicial Review | Power of the Supreme Court to examine a law and determine its constitutionality. |
| Majority Opinion | The written decision of the justices on the winning side on a Supreme Court decision. |
| Concurring Opinion | The written opinion of a justice(s) who agrees with the majority but may have slightly different reasons. |
| Dissenting Opinion | The written opinions of justice(s) who disagreed with the majority in a court decision. |
| Marbury v. Madison | Famous case that estabablished Judicial Review |
| Scott v. Sanford | Famous case that struck down the 1820 Missouri Compromise and declared slavery to be legal across the nation. |
