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Judicial Branch (Supreme court) - Coggle Diagram
Judicial Branch (Supreme court)
Checks on the Executive Branch
Can declare presidential actions unconstitutional
Checks on the Legislative Branch
Can declare acts of legislation unconstitutional
Supreme Court Justices
Serve For life to ovoid political ties
No specific constitutional requirements to become a judge
9 Justices
Chief Justice
John Roberts
8 Associate Justices
Court System
Court of Appeals
13 Courts of Appeals
Each has a panel of judges
9th Circuit Court on San Francisco CA
The judges can uphold the decision of the lower court and the outcome stands or, they can retry
District Courts
District Courts in Montana Helena Billings Great Falls Missoula Butte
Lower Federal Courts are divided on cases over which they have jurisdiction
Each states have on of the 94 district Courts
Supreme Court
Thousands of cases are submitted but only 100 can be tried
If the court 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 appeal to the court