POL SCI 21A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Advice And Consent, Strict Constructionism, Judicial Restraint
13 Sep 2017
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-criminal law: laws regulating crimes against society (e. g. murder; hate crimes) -civil law: laws regulating crimes between private individuals (e. g. domestic abuse) -original jurisdiction: the jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial (who gets to hear this case first?) -appellate jurisdiction: the power vested in an appellate court to review and/or revise the decision of a lower court. Involve 2+ states: the us and a state, foreign ambassadors/diplomats. -appellate jurisdiction: us court of appeals, state highest courts (federal issue, court of military appeals, federal judges are restriction by the constitution to deciding actual disputes rather than hypothetical ones, true. -the supreme court chooses which cases it will hear and which it will not. -the rule of four: if four supremes agree on hearing the case, it will take it. Important constitutional issue is implicated (take on cases where the.
