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judicial branch (supreme court - Coggle Diagram
judicial branch (supreme court
supreme court justices
9 justices
chief justice
john Roberts (2005-present
8 associate justices
their are no specific requirements to become a justice
serve for life to avoid political ties
court system
court of appeals
9th circuit court in San Francisco
13 courts of appeals
each has a panel of judges to diced if a case was tried appropriately
judges can uphold the decisions of lower court and the outcome stands or they can get retried
district courts
each state has 1 of the 94 district courts
Montana's courts are in Missoula, Billings,Great Falls ,Helena,Butte
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 by only about 100 can be tried
if the court declines to hear a case the court of appeals decisions final
the losing side of the appeals court can appeal to this court
checks on the executive branch
can declare presidential actions unconstitutional
checks on the legislative branch
can declare acts of legislation unconstitutional