1. What are the 3 jurisdictions of courts?
2. At the state level, what do each of these jurisdictions do?
3. At the federal level, what are some examples of a limited jurisdiction court?
4. What types of cases are typically heard in the federal court system?
5. During a jury trial, what is the main responsibility of the judge?
6. What can judges do to influence the law?
7. What can judges do to influence policies? Is this a goal of the judicial system?
8. How are federal judges selected? State judges?
9. How does the merit selection process work?
10. What happens during a retention election? Are retention elections a good measure of a judge’s performance?
11. Which of the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2 jurisdictions do they exercise (use) most often?
12. What requirements must a case have in order for the Supreme Court of the United States to hear it?
    13. Which goal of the criminal justice system was the Warren court most concerned with?
    14. To what extent do judges “consult” with non-legal personnel, i.e. “experts” outside of the justice system?
    15. What is judicial activism? Judicial restraint?
    16. What is the focus of “textualist” judges? “Contextualist” judges?
    17. Why is judicial consistency such a problem? In particular, what training do judges receive once they are appointed/elected?
    18. When the Supreme Court rules that a law is unconstitutional (for example in the case of Brown v. Bd. of Ed.), how does the Court make sure their ruling is put into action?