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The Judicial Branch of
the USA
The structure and work
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Definition of the judicial Branch
The supreme court
The lower courts
The powers of The Judicial Branch
Check and Balance System
The Supreme Court of the United
States (SCOTUS)
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The Supreme Court of the United
States (SCOTUS) is the highest judicial
body in the United States, and leads the
federal judiciary.
Once appointed, Justices effectively have
life tenure, serving "during good Behavior“
which terminates only upon death,
resignation, retirement, or conviction on
impeachment.
Supreme courts judges
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It consists of the Chief Justice of the
United States and eight Associate Justices,
who are nominated by the President and
confirmed with the "advice and consent"
(majority vote) of the Senate
Lower Courts
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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Courts of Appeals
U.S. District Courts
U.S. Federal Courts, by Geographic Location and
Circuit
Special Courts
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed
Forces
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Tax Court
Powers
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Determines which jurisdiction any given
case falls under
Judges when a law is unconstitutional
Has the responsibility to administer
Constitutional law and to apply it to
constitutional disputes
Determines the disposition of prisoners
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May legally compel testimony and the
production of evidence as the law provides.
Judges and competently administers uniform
policies via the appeals process, but gives
discretion in individual cases to low-level judges.
(The amount of discretion depends upon the
standard of review, determined by the type of
case in question.)
Oversees and administers members of the
judiciary
Check and balance System
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By creating three branches of government,
the delegates built a "check and balance"
system into the Constitution. This system
was built so that no one branch of our
government could become too powerful.
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Each branch is restrained by the other two in
several ways. For example, the president may
veto a law passed by Congress.
Congress can override that veto with a vote of
two-thirds of both houses. Another example is
that the Supreme Court may check Congress by
declaring a law unconstitutional.
The power is balanced by the fact that members
of the Supreme Court are appointed by the
president. Those appointments have to be
approved by Congress