| A | B |
|---|
| role of a jury | to decide guilt or innocence |
| Dissenting Opinion | justices explain why they disagree with the Supreme Court's conclusion |
| State Courts | where a majority of court cases happen |
| original jurisdiction | ability to hear a case first |
| Row v. Wade | established that no state can make a law forbidding abortion |
| judicial restraint | when a justice tries to keep law-making to other branches |
| Lyndon Johnson | appointed the first African-American to the Supreme Court |
| Thurgood Marshall | the first African-American on the Supreme Court |
| Miranda v. Arizona | established that police must read a suspect their rights |
| statutory law | takes precedence over common law |
| precedent | any legal act, decision or case that serves as a guide later |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | established "separate but equal" |
| Brown v. Board of Education | overturned "separate but equal" |
| Minor courts | family, traffic and small claims courts |
| Supreme Court | court of last resort |
| Fourteenth Amendment | the reason that court cases make to to the U.S. Supreme Court |
| East St. Louis | federal district court for Centralia |
| John Roberts | current chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Elena Kagan | one of two justices President Obama added to the Supreme Court |
| Sonia Sotomayor | one of two justices President Obama added to the Supreme Court |
| Sandra Day O'Conner | first female justice of the Supreme Court |
| Ronald Reagan | appointed the first female to the Supreme Court |
| civil court case | concerns a disagreement of 2 or more people |
