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Judican Branch (supreme court) - Coggle Diagram
Judican Branch (supreme court)
supreme court justice
9 Justices
Cheif justice
John roberts (2005-present)
8 associate justice
There are no specific consitutional requirments to become a justice
serve for life to avoid political ties
court system
court of appeals
13 courts
9th circut court in san francisco, CA
Each has a panel of judges to dicide if cases were tried appropriataly.
District courts
each state has 1 of the 94 district courts
District courts of Montana: Missoula, Billings, Butte, Helena and great falls
lower fedrel 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 of appeals dicision is 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