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Judicial Branch in a Flash A. Complete the Sentence. Use the terms and ideas that you learned in this lesson to finish each statement. 1. The only court the Constitution creates is

Name: andy zaruma B. Making Comparisons. Decide whether each description fits trial courts only, appellate courts only, or both, and write the letter of the description in the correct part of the diagram. The first one is done for you.

Supreme Court _____________________________________ 2. The two court systems in the United States are

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civil and criminal _____________________________________

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see if trial did somethig wrong _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. It’s difficult to take a case to the Supreme choose what to se and Court because they __________________________ they dont see lots of cases _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 6. If you lose a case in the trial court, you can appeal to a higher court _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 7. If an appellate court affirms a case, it means _____________________________________

C. Order in the Court! Number each set of events to put the three events in the correct order.

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the verdict stays the same _____________________________________

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8. If a law is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court

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it downs can strike __________________________________

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thst someone is inn 9. Evidence is used for prove _____________________

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innocent and to see if the side of story is right _____________________________________

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trial 10. A trial with no jury is called a bench _____________

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