Name______________________________Period_________
Define, explain or identify:
Earl Warren (pg. 446-447)
John Marshall (pg. 469)
common (judge-made) law (pg. 475)
precedent (pg. 477)
stare decisis (pg. 478)
docket (pg. 479)
Solicitor General - "the tenth justice" (pgs. 481-83)
judicial restaint (pg. 486)
judicial activism (pg. 486)
senatorial courtesy (pg. 492)
U.S. Attorney (pg. 499)
class action suit (pg.502)
1. What are the three components of judicial review ? (pg. 469-71)
2. In what way is the Supreme Court really "nine separate courts" ? (pg. 484 - 485 [feature 14.2] )
3. What advice would you give to a lawyer who is about to appear before the Supreme Court ? (pg. 489 [feature 14.4] )
4. What are three important functions of the Chief Justice (William Rehnquist) ? What is his salary ? (pg. 490 - 491)
5. How are federal judges appointed ? What is their term of office ? (pgs. 491 - 493)
6. What are the four major functions of lawyers ? (pg. 498)