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Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) - Coggle Diagram
Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)
Supreme Court Justices
9 Justices.
8 associate justices
There are no specific constitutional requirements to become a justice.
John Roberts (2005-present)
Serve for life to avoid political ties.
The Chief Justice
Court System
Court of Appeals.
13 courts of appeal.
Each has a panel of judges to decide if cases were tried appropriately.
9th circuit court in San Francisco, CA
The judges can uphold decisions of the lower court and the outcome stands, or they can be retried.
District Court
District courts in Montana: Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Butte, Helena.
Lower federal courts are divided on cases over which they have jurisdiction, or authority over,
Each state has at least one of the 94 district courts.
Supreme Court
Located in Washington DC.
1,000s of cases are submitted but only about 100 can be tired.
If the court declines to hear a case, the court appeals decisions are final.
The losing side of the Appeals Court can appeal to this court.
Checks on the Legislative Branch.
Can declare acts of the legislature unconstitutional.