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Judicial branch (supreme court) - Coggle Diagram
Judicial branch (supreme court)
Supreme court justices
9 justices
The chief Justice
John Roberts (2005-present)
8 associate justice
serve for life to avoid political ties
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 appropriately
13 courts of appeal
the judges can uphold the decision of the lower court and outcome stands or they can be retried
district courts
each state has 1 of the 94 district courts
district courts in Montana: Missoula, Billings, Butte, Helena, Great Falls
Lower federal courts are divided on cases over which they have jurisdiction, or authority over
supreme court
located in Washington DC
1,000s of cases are submitted but only about 100 can be tried
if the court declines to hear a case the court appeals decision is final
The losing side of the Appeals court can appeal to this court
checks on legislative branch
can declare
checks on executive branch
can declare presidential actions unconstitutional