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Judicial branch (supreme court) - Coggle Diagram
Judicial branch (supreme court)
Checks on Executive branch
Can declare presidentail actions un constittunoniaall.
Checks on legislater branch
Can DeCare acts of legislater unconstitutional
spreame cort hustices
Serve for life to avoid political ties
Ther is no sepic constitial requirements to become a jugde
9 Justices
The Cheif Justice
John Roberts (2005 - Present)
8 Associate justuices
cort system
Court of appeals
13 cort of appeals
each has a panel of jugges
9th circuit in San franisco CA
The judges can upho;d the decions of the lower cort and the outcomes stand or they can retry
Dstric courts
distric courts in Montana: Helena, billings, great falls, butte
Lower federal courts are divided on cases over with they have jurismion
(or authority over)
each state has 1 of the 94 dstric courts
Supreme court
1,000s of cases are summited by only about 100 can be tied
If the cort declines to hear a case the court of appeals decision is final
Located in Washington DC
The losing side of the court of appeals can apple to the court