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Each year, about 4,500 cases are requested for review by the Supreme Court. Less than 200 cases are actually decided by the Court each year. There are three ways for a case to make its way to the US Supreme Court.

1) There are cases in which the US Supreme Court has original jurisdiction (heard there first). Cases in which a state is a party and cases dealing with diplomatic personnel, like ambassadors, are the two examples.

2) Those cases appealed from lower federal courts can be heard at the Supreme Court. Some laws obligate (or force) the Supreme Court to hear them. But most come up for review on the writ of certiorari, a discretionary writ that the court grants or refuses at its own discretion. The writ is granted if four of the justices want it to be heard.

3) The US Supreme Court reviews appeals from state supreme courts that present substantial "federal questions," usually where a constitutional right has been denied in the state courts.

In both civil and criminal law, the Supreme Court is the final court of appeal.

2. Click the Right Answers

1. If you have an argument about your divorce, you may settle it in a …

- court of appeals

- legal court

- civil court

- criminal court

2. Did you know the … of O.J. Simpson in the US was the longest ever, costing over $ 20 000 000 to fight?

- court

- judge

- sentence

- trial

3. The decision ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ is known as …

- making up your mind

- the final

- the choice

- the verdict

4. Which of the following is NOT correct: ‘He got a 5 year … for committing a series of burglaries.

- sentence

- verdict

- stretch

- prison term

5. The lawyer who fights the criminal case is called ‘the defense’, but what do we call the lawyer on the other side?

- persecution

- prosecution

- attacker

- presecution

6. In the UK the decision ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ is made by 12 members of the public, these people are known as …

- the lawyers

- the barristers

- the judge

- the jury

СПИСОК ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ

1. Mascull, B. Key Words in the Media Ключевые слова в средствах массовой информации: Пособие по англ. яз./ Б. Мэскалл. – М.: ООО «Издательство Астрель»: ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002.

2. Mascull, B. Key Words in Business Ключевые слова в бизнесе: Пособие по англ. яз./ Б. Мэскалл. – М.: ООО «Издательство Астрель»: ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002.

3. Электронный ресурс. Режим доступа: www.wikipedia.com

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