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Judaical Branch (supreme court) - Coggle Diagram
Judaical Branch (supreme court)
Supreme court justice
9 justices
Chief Justice
john Roberts (2005-present)
8 associate justice
There are no pacific constitutional requirements to become a justice.
Serve for life avoid political ties
court system
Court of Appeals
13 Courts
9th circuit court in San Francisco, CA
Each has a panel of judges to decided if cases were tried appropriately.
Supreme court
Located in Washington, DC
1,000's of cases are submitted but only about 100 can be tried.
If the court declines to hear a case the Court of Appeals decision is final.
The losing side of the appeals court can appeal to this court
District Courts
Each state has one of the 94 district Courts
district Courts of Montana: Missoula, Billings, Helena, and Great Falls.
Lower federal Courts are divided on cases over which the have jurisdiction, or authority over
Checks on the Executive Branch
can declare presidential actions unconstitutional.
Checks on the legislative Branch
can declare acts of legislation unconstitutional