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Federal Judiciary/Public Policy - Coggle Diagram
Federal Judiciary/Public Policy
Jurisdiction
judicial power
courts of original jurisdiction
courts of appellate jurisdiction
boundaries
set by Congress
forbid courts to handle a certain type of case
allow state & federal courts to exercise concurrent jurisdiction
assign exclusive jurisdiction
Judicial Review in a Democratic Society
Marbury v. Madison
writ of mandamus
concepts
originalism
living Constitution
judicial restraint
judicial activism
constraints
impeachment
amendments to the Constitution
legislative interpretation
constitutional interpretation
control of the court's appellate jurisdiction
no power to initiate policymaking
lack of enforcement power
self-restraint
Structure & Organization
Judicial Conference
District courts
trial courts of original jurisdiction
do not cross state lines
Court of Appeals
appellate jurisdiction
13 Circuits
most are compromised of a group of states
collegial courts
panel of 3 judges
en banc
US Supreme Court
two major sources of cases
appeals from the US courts of appeals (appellate)
appeals from the states' highest courts (appellate)
writ of certiorari
rule of four
in conference
types of opinions
majority opinion
concurring opinion
plurality opinion
dissenting opinion
Selection of Federal Judges
party affiliation & philosophy
senatorial courtesy
balancing the representativeness of the court
geography
religion
race & ethnicity
gender
judicial experience & merit
confirmation process
Judicial Decision Making
models
legal model
slot machine theory
legal realist model
attitudinal model
strategic model
Concept of Public Policy
stages
agenda setting
public agenda
Arrow's impossibility theorem
garbage can model
indicators
focusing event
feedback
policy formulation and adoption
institutional agenda
rational-comprehensive decision making
incrementalism
policy implementation
policy evaluation
process evaluations
impact evaluations