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1st judicial branch supreme court - Coggle Diagram
1st judicial branch supreme court
supreme court justices
9 justices
the chief justice
jhon roberts (2005-present)
8 associate justices
thair are no specific constitutional requirements to become a justice
serve for life toavoidpolitical ties
court system
court of appeals
9th circuit court in san francisco CA
13 courts of appeal
each has a panel of judges to deside if caseswer tried appropriately
the judges can uphold the decisions of the lower court and the outcome stands or they can be retried
district courts
each state has at least one of the 94 distict courts
district court in montana Billings,Missoula,Great Falls,Butte,Hellina
lower federal courts are devied on casas over which they have jurisdiction or authority over
supreme court
located in washington DC
1,000s 0f cases are sumitted but only about 100 can be tried
if the court declines to hear a case courtappeals decisions is final
the losing side of the appeals court can appeals courtcan appeal to this court l
checks on the legislative dranch
can declair acts of legislater unconstitutional
checks on the executive branch
can dclair presidencial actions unconstitutionall