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judicial branch (supreme court)
supreme court justices
9 justices
chief justice
john roberts (2005- presents)
8 asocaite justices
there are no specific constitutional requirments to become a justice
serve for life to avoid political ties
court system
court of appeals
9th circuit court in San Francisco, CA
13 courts
each has a panel of judges that decide what is going to decide if cases were tried appropriatly
the judges can uphold the decision of the lower court and the outcome stands or they can be retried
supreme court
located in washinton d.c
thousands of cases are submitted by only abbout 100 can be tried
if the court declines to hear a case the court of appeals decision if final
the loosing side of the appeals court can appeal to this court
district courts
each state has 1 of the 94 district courts
montanas district courts are in missoula, billings, great falls, butte, helena
lower federal courts are divided on cases over which they have jurisdiction or authority over.
check on executive branch
can declare presidential actions uncostitutional
checks on legislative branch
can declare acts of legistration unconstitutional