concurring opinion conference courts of appeals dissenting opinion docket dual court system judicial activism judicial restraint judicial review Marbury v. Madison original jurisdiction Rule of Four precedent stare decisis writ of certiorari Take Quiz ✓ [Choose] the appellate courts of the federal court system that review decisions of the lower (district) courts; also called circuit courts the principle by which courts rely on past decisions and their precedents when making decisions in new cases a court that reviews cases already decided by a lower or trial court and that may change the lower court's decision a judicial philosophy in which a justice is more likely to overturn decisions or rule actions by the other branches unconstitutional, especially in an attempt to broaden individual rights and liberties closed meeting of the justices to discuss cases on the docket and take an initial vote an opinion written by a justice who agrees with the Court's majority opinion but has different reasons for doing so a Supreme Court custom in which a case will be heard when four justices decide to do so an order of the Supreme Court calling up the records of the lower court Exit

concurring opinion conference courts of appeals dissenting opinion docket dual court system judicial activism judicial restraint judicial review Marbury v. Madison original jurisdiction Rule of Four precedent stare decisis writ of certiorari Take Quiz ✓ [Choose] the appellate courts of the federal court system that review decisions of the lower (district) courts; also called circuit courts the principle by which courts rely on past decisions and their precedents when making decisions in new cases a court that reviews cases already decided by a lower or trial court and that may change the lower court's decision a judicial philosophy in which a justice is more likely to overturn decisions or rule actions by the other branches unconstitutional, especially in an attempt to broaden individual rights and liberties closed meeting of the justices to discuss cases on the docket and take an initial vote an opinion written by a justice who agrees with the Court's majority opinion but has different reasons for doing so a Supreme Court custom in which a case will be heard when four justices decide to do so an order of the Supreme Court calling up the records of the lower court Exit