| A | B |
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| Consisting of federal + state courts | Dual Court system |
| The organization of the US court system comes from- | US Constitution |
| The organization of the VA court system comes from | VA Constitution |
| lowest level of a federal court: judge and Jury | US District Court |
| Reviews lower court decisions; appellate jurisdiction | US court of appeals |
| Court of final appeal | US Supreme Court |
| The US supreme court has | 9 Justices |
| Justices on the Supreme court are | appointed for life |
| The highest court in VA is the | VA Supreme Court |
| The court in VA that has a judge and jury | VA Circuit Court |
| The court in VA that deals with midemeanor offenses | VA General District Court |
| The court in VA that deals with families and those under age 18 | Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court |
| A juvenile is someone | under age 18 |
| power of the court to determine the constitutionality of laws | judical review |
| authority of a court to hear a case for the first time | original jurisdiction |
| authority of a court to hear a case again | appellate jurisdiction |
| a small amount of cases will be heard for the first time | limited original jurisdiction |
| constitutional protection against unfair government actions and laws | due process protections |
| a request to have a case heard again in a higher court | appeal |
| the decision of a court at the end of the trial | verdict |
