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Across 5. THE PRACTICE OF LETTING A PREVIOUS LEGAL DECISION TO STAND 6. ALEXANDER HAMILTON’S ARGUMENT THAT THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO INFRINGE UPON RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES BUT WOULD SERVE AS A CHECK ON THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES 7. SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT ESTABLISHED JUDICIAL REVIEW OVER FEDERAL LAWS 9. THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT TO HEAR AND REVIEW DECISIONS MADE BY LOWER COURTS IN THAT SYSTEM 13. LOWEST LEVEL OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY; THESE COURTS USUALLY HAVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION IN CASES THAT START AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL 15. BINDING SUPREME COURT OPINIONS, WHICH SERVE AS PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE CASES 17. DOCUMENT FILED BY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PARTY TO A CASE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE THE COURT TO AGREE WITH THE ARGUMENTS SET FORTH IN THEIR DOCUMENT 18. OPINION THAT DISAGREES WITH THE MAJORITY OPINION AND DOES NOT SERVE AS PRECEDENT 19. OPINION THAT AGREES WITH THE MAJORITY DECISION, OFFERING DIFFERENT OR ADDITIONAL REASONING, THAT DOES NOT SERVE AS PRECEDENT 20. PHILOSOPHY OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION THAT JUSTICES SHOULD WIELD THE POWER OF JUDICIAL REVIEW, SOMETIMES CREATING BOLD NEW POLICIES

Down 1. AUTHORITY OF THE SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN A LAW OR EXECUTIVE ACTION IF IT CONFLICTS WITH THE CONSTITUTION 2. MIDDLE LEVEL OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY; THESE COURTS REVIEW AND HEAR APPEALS FROM THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT 3. A JUDICIAL DECISION THAT GUIDES FUTURE COURTS IN HANDLING SIMILAR CASES 4. PHILOSOPHY OF CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION THAT JUSTICES SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS IN OVERTURNING LAWS 5. HIGHEST LEVEL OF FEDERAL JUDICIARY, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION AND SERVES AS THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE NATION 8. THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT TO ACT AS THE FIRST COURT TO HEAR A CASE, WHICH INCLUDES THE FINDING OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE 10. CATEGORY OF LAW COVERING CASES INVOLVING PRIVATE RIGHTS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS 11. REQUESTS TO THE SUPREME COURT TO HEAR AN APPEAL 12. BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT INTERPRETS THE LAWS OF THE NATION AND SERVES AS A CHECK ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES 14. CATEGORY OF LAW COVERING ACTIONS DETERMINED TO HARM THE COMMUNITY 16. IF FOUR OF THE NINE JUSTICES WANT TO HEAR AN APPEAL THEN SCOTUS WILL HEAR THE CASE