Unit 6: The Judicial Branch
Home Syllabus Resources Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3: Unit 4: Unit 5: Unit 6: Unit 7: Unit 8:		Diagram 3: Federal Courts Diagram 4: Maryland Courts Section 1 Indicator and Supporting Content Students will describe the organization, jurisdiction, and powers of the federal and state judiciary in order to analyze how the court system functions. ·        determine the purposes of law ·        determine the principles of the American legal system ·        analyze the organization and jurisdiction of the federal courts ·        compare and contrast the organization and jurisdiction of Maryland courts and federal courts ·        compare and contrast criminal and civil proceedings ·        analyze the selection process and role of the jury in the legal system ·        evaluate roles and policies the United States government has assumed for crime prevention and punishment   Key Vocabulary adversary system                injunction                        plaintiff affidavit                            judiciary                         plea bargaining appeal                                jurisdiction                     preponderance of evidence arraignment                          - original                       presumption of evidence breach of contract                - appellate                     probable cause contract                               - concurrent                   prosecution damages                               law                                 reasonable doubt defendant                             -administrative               small claims court due process                           -civil                             subpoena -substantive                          -Common                        summons -procedural                           - constitutional               tort equity                                   - criminal                       unanimous felony                                   - ordinance                    verdict grand jury                            misdemeanor                   voir dire habeas corpus                       negligence                       warrant hung jury                             out of court settlements indictment                           petit jury Section 2 Indicator and Supporting Content Students will analyze historical and contemporary landmark Supreme Court cases in order to evaluate the role of judicial review in establishing fundamental principles of our system of government. ·        define judicial review ·        analyze the Supreme Court’s use of judicial review by examining landmark court cases Key Vocabulary judicial review                           opinion                         precedent   Section 3 Indicator and Supporting Content Students will examine Supreme Court cases illustrating conflicting interpretations of the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment in order to evaluate the degree to which those decisions protected rights, maintained order, and achieved the ideal of “Equal Justice Under Law” ·        analyze Supreme Court cases which defined due process, civil liberties, and civil rights ·        evaluate the success of the Fourteenth Amendment in achieving  “Equal Justice Under Law”   Key Vocabulary civil liberties                     exclusionary rule                    substantive due process civil rights                         “good faith”                            warrant due process                        procedural due process “equal protection”              “rational basis”   Section 4 Indicator and Supporting Content Students will analyze landmark Supreme Court decisions in order to assess their impact on governmental powers. describe applications of federalism and separation of powers examine Supreme Court cases to identify the impact of federalism and separation of powers on the functioning of government   Key Vocabulary checks and balances                 federalism                      separation of powers Helpful Sites Supreme Court of the United States Department of Justice Line-Item Veto Article Plessy v. Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson opinion Marbury v. Madison Miranda v. Arizona Brown v. Board of Education Gideon v. Wainwright Korematsu v. United States McCullough v. Maryland, 1819 New Jersey v. TLO Engle v. Vitale, 1962 Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969 The Washington Post: Current Supreme Court Decisions Court TV The ACLU and the Supreme Court USA Today Supreme Court Index FED World Supreme Court Case Studies National Constitution Center: "Have You Ever Thought of Becoming a Judge?" National Constitution Center: Brown v. Board of Education Famous Trial Summaries Anatomy of a Murder Maryland General Assembly Home Page
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