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Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) - Coggle Diagram
Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)
Court System
Court of Appeals
13 Courts of Appeals
The judges can uphold the decision of the lower court and the outcome stands, or they can be retried.
If someone is convicted of a crime and they thought it wasn't fare they can take the case here
9th Circuit - San Francisco, CA
Each has a panel of judges to decide if cases were tried appropriately.
District Court
Federal court judges are appointed by the president and serve life terms.
lower federal courts are divided on cases over which they have jurisdiction
Each state has at least 1 district court
5 federal court houses in Montana - Helena, Great falls, Billings, Missoula, Butte; we have 3 district Judges
Supreme Court (Washington D.C.)
Cases that are heard, lost the appeal at the court of appeals
1,000s are submitted but only about 100 can be heard.
IF the court decides to hear a case, the court's decision is final
Checks on Executive Branch
May declare executive actions unconstitutional
Checks on Legislative branch
May declare laws unconstitutional
Supreme court Justices
There are no specific constitutional requirements to become a justice.
Serve for life to avoid political ties.
9 Justices