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judicial branch(supreme court)
supreme court justices
9 justice
the cheif justice
john roberts (2005-present)
8 associates
serve for life to avoid politicalties
there are no specific constitutional requirements to become a justice
court system
court of appeals
9th circuit court in San Francisco, CA
each has a panel of judges to decide if cases were tried approprietly
13 courts of appeal
the judges can uphold the decision of the lower court and the outcome stands or they can be retried
supreme court
located in Washington D.C
1,000's of cases are submitted but only about 100 can be tried
if the court declines to hear a case it is the final
district courts
each state is going to have at least 1 of the 94 district courts
if you wanna go to district court in montana , missoula, billings, butte, helena, great falls
lower federal courts are divided on cases over which they have jerisdiction, or authority over
checks on legislative branch
can declare acts of legislature unconstitutional
checks on the executive branch
can declare presidential actions unconstitutional
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