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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 Legislative Branch.
Can declare acts of legislation unconstitutional.
Supreme Court Justices.
Serve for life to avoid political ties.
There are no specific constitutional requirements to become a judge.
9 Justices
The Chief Justice
John Roberts (2005 - present)
8 Associate Justices.
Court system
Court of Appeals
9th circuit court in San Francisco, CA.
13 courts of Appeals.
Supreme Court
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 decision is final.
Located in Washington D.C.
The losing side of the Court of Appeals can appeal to the Court.
Each has a panel of judges.
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, and Butte.
Lower federal courts are divided on cases over which they have jurisdiction (or authority over)
Each state has 1 of the 94 district courts.