Overview
Explain the folowing in your own words.
Major schools of jurisprudence
Originalism (intent versus meaning of the words)
Textualism
- Structural Analysis
Stare Decisis
- Pragmatism
- Polling Jurisdictions
- The structure of the various courts in the US Federal Court system, including trial courts of limited jurisdiction, trial courts of general jurisdiction, intermediate appelate courts, and highest appellate court.
- Outline the process of judicial review.
- Petitions for writ of certiorari
- Selection of cases, rule-of-four
- Attourney and amicus briefs
- Oral argument
Conference, Opinion assignment, opinion drafting
- Reporting opinions.