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    This document provides a list of 20 key terms related to the US judicial system that will be covered in Chapter 16 of an AP Politics textbook for the week of February 8, 2010. The terms include types of courts like district courts and courts of appeal, legal concepts like precedent and judicial review, landmark Supreme Court cases like Marbury v Madison and United States v. Nixon, and other political science concepts like judicial activism and original intent that are important for understanding the role and powers of the US courts.

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    Week of February, 8 2010

    Chapter 16 Vocabulary: AP Politics

    1. Amicus Curiae briefs

    2. Appellate jurisdiction

    3. Class Action Suits

    4. Courts of Appeal

    5. District Courts

    6. Judicial Activism

    7. Judicial implementation

    8. Judicial restraint

    9. Judicial review

    10. Justiciable disputes

    11. Marbury v Madison

    12. Opinion

    13. Original intent

    14. Original jurisdiction

    15. Political questions

    16. Precedent

    17. Senatorial courtesy

    18. Solicitor general

    19. Standing to sue

    20. United States v. Nixon (1974)

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