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The Judiciary

Chapters 11 and 12, all sections.
Every box contains a letter, no hyphens, punctuation  etc.
Words may be plural or singular
Horizontales
She was the first female supreme court justice 11-2
While in prison, this poor man studied law and successfully appealed the Supreme Court to provide legal counsel for those too poor to afford it 12-1
A _______ opinion is when a Supreme Court justice agrees with the majority opinion on a case, but for different reasons 12-1
President whose attempt to pack the courts with justices as his term ended led to the Marbury v Madison case 11-1
He is the only person to have served as both the president AND as a chief justice 11-3
Term that describes a court's authority to hear certain cases 11-1
A Chief Justice, he also led the commission that investigated the assassination of JFK 11-3
Doctrine established by the Plessy v Ferguson case. Later overturned because it legitimized racism 11-1
A group of 16-23 people who decide if the government has enough evidence to charge a person with a crime 11-2
This man was the only Supreme Court justice to be impeached by the House (the Senate did not agree) 11-3
This type of court only has original jurisdiction 11-1
Name for a Supreme Court order ("writ") that it sends to a lower court for records it wants to review 12-1
In addition to being a Supreme Court Justice, he served as the chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials at the end of WWII (11-3)
This chief justice damaged the reputation of the SCOTUS by issuing the notorious Dred Scott decision 11-1
If you are registered to vote and have a driver's license, you could be called to do this 11-2
Verticales
"You have the right to remain silent..." came from the Court's decision in ____ v. Arizona 12-2
This Supreme Court justice wrote more opinions (873) for the court than anyone else (and was also known for his eloquence) 11-3
The formal name for an accusation the government makes against a person they believe committed a crime 11-2
Term that describesthe jurisdiction of a case that could be heard in either a federal or state court 11-1
Supreme court justice who established "judicial review" 11-1
"____ vote refers to a justice whose opinions can go either way in a decision that is split 12-3
"friend of the court" in Latin 12-1
Number of judges who typically preside over federal appellate court cases 11-2
If you don't like the result of a trial court decision and can provide good reasons, you could possibly end up pleading your case again in this type of court 11-2
"let the decision stand" 12-2
Total number of justices who serve on the Supreme Court 11-3
She issued the ruling that ended the baseball strike in 1995, and later became a Supreme Court justice 11-2
He was the only president who served a full 4 year term but did not have the opportunity to select a Supreme Court justice 12-3
A written statement that sets forth the legal arguments, facts, and precedents supporting one side of a case 12-1