V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. A party may appeal the decision … a U.S. court … appeals … the U.S. Supreme Court as the Court's major function is to hear cases appealed … the U.S. courts … appeals or state supreme courts.

2. … the federal level, specialized courts include the U.S. Tax Court … the cases and the U.S. Court … Claims … claims … the government.

3. Criminal courts hear all cases involving violations … laws … which a person could go … jail.

4. If you lose your case … the trial court, you may appeal … an intermediate court … appeals.

5. One … the most important duties … the justices is to decide whether laws passed … the Congress agree … the Constitution.

6. State courts are often specialized to deal … specific areas … law, such as family law, traffic, criminal, probate, and small claims.

7. The highest court … the land is the U.S. Supreme Court, which meets … the Supreme Court Building … Washington, D. C.

8. The justices do this … interpreting the laws … Congress and the provisions … the Constitution.

9. The State courts are set … … a system that looks like the system … Federal courts … structure and procedure.

10. The systems established … the states include circuit courts … appeals, and state supreme courts.

VI. Fill in articles where necessary

1. At … federal level, specialized courts include … U.S. Tax Court for … cases and … U.S. Court of Claims for claims against … government.

2. Criminal courts hear all cases involving violations of laws for which … person could go to jail.

3. If … state supreme court decision involves only state law, it can be appealed no further.

4. If you lose your case in … trial court, you may appeal to … intermediate court of appeals.

5. One of … most important duties of … justices is to decide whether laws passed by … Congress agree with … Constitution.

6. … decision revolving … case is made by … jury, or by … judge if each party waives … right to … jury trial.

7. … federal government and each of … fifty state governments have separate court systems.

8. … highest court of … land is … U.S. Supreme Court, which meets in … Supreme Court Building in Washington, D. C.

9. … justices do this by interpreting … laws of Congress and … provisions of … Constitution.

10. … State courts are set up in … system that looks like … system of Federal courts in structure and procedure.

VII. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box

appeal; circuit courts; complex; dual; hear cases; important duties; jury trial; justices; major function; political importance; procedure; provisions; right; separate; specialized; specific areas; state; structure.

1. A party may … the decision of a U.S. court of appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court as the Court's … is to … appealed from the U.S. courts of appeals or state supreme courts.

2. District courts and courts of appeals have somewhat less … , since their principal duty is to settle cases where no constitutional question is at stake.

3. One of the most … of the … is to decide whether laws passed by the Congress agree with the Constitution.

4. State courts are often … to deal with … of law, such as family law, traffic, criminal, probate, and small claims.

5. The American court system is … as a … Court system operates in the United States.

6. The decision revolving the case is made by a jury, or by the judge if each party waives the … to a … .

7. The federal government and each of the fifty … governments have … court systems.

8. The justices do this by interpreting the laws of Congress and the … of the Constitution.

9. The State courts are set up in a system that looks like the system of Federal courts in … and … .

10. The systems established by the states include … of appeals, and state supreme courts.