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Offical Decisions - Coggle Diagram
Offical Decisions
Federal Judiciary
U.S. Supreme Court
Top of Legal Hierarchy
Orgininal Jurisdiction
Appelalte Jurisdiction
Hear 1% of cases
Appeals from High Courts
Appeals from State Courts
70-80 cases will get fully looked at
Writ of Certiorari
Rule of Four
Conference
Majority Opinion
Concurring Opinion
Plurality Opinion
Dissenting Opinion
District Courts
Orgininal Jurisdiction
90% of cases start and end here
Prosecute people
700 judges
94 district courts
Every State has one
Enforce federal and local laws
Court of Appeals
Appelalte Jurisdiction
Review Decisions
10% of cases
200 Judges, 13 panels
6-28 judges depending caseload
Collegial Courts
En Bac
5%
Party Affiation and Philosphy
Senatorial Courtesy
Balancing the Repersentativeness
Geography
Religion
Race & Ethnicity
Gender
Judical experience and merit
Confirmed by the senate then congress
Supreme Court Judges nonminated by president
Judical Decision Making
Legal Model
Slot Machine Theory
Legal Realist Model
Attitudinal Model
Strategic Model
Judical Review
Writ of Mandamus
Originalism
Living Constitution
Judical Restraint
Judical Activism
Constraints on the Exercise of Judical Review
Impeachment
Amendments to the Constitution
Legislative Interpretation
Constitutional Interpretation
Appointments
Control of the Court's Appellate Jurisdiction
No power to initate policymaking
Lack of Enforcement Power
Public Policy
4 Stages
Agenda Setting
Public Agenda
Arrow's impossibility Theorem
Garbage Can Model
Choose Issues
Indicators
Focusing Event
Feedback
Policy Formulation and Adoption
Institutional Agenda
Rational-Comp Decision Making
Incrementalism
Policy Implementation
Policy Evaluation
Process Evaluation
Impact Evaluations
Public Policy and Democratic Values
Majority Rules
Political Freedom
Political Equality