Karteikarten
Articles III: Courts
Karten in diesem Stapel (17)
- 1SUPREME COURTServes as the final authority on legal questions & leads the judicial branch.
- 2OTHER COURTSThe Constitution gives Congress the power to establish lower, or “inferior,” courts.
- 3A large system of federal courts has beenCreated by Congress
- 4All federal courts are beneathThe supreme court
- 5SELECTION OF FEDERAL JUDGESInferior court judges and Supreme Court justices
- 6Appointed by thePresident (Executive branch)
- 7Approved by theUS Senate (Legislative branch)
- 8JUDGESThe Constitution protects judges & justices from political pressure by ensuring they
- 9Can hold officeDuring good behavior
- 10Paid a salary that cannot beReduced
- 11POWERS OF SUPREME COURTSupreme court has jurisdiction in all situations
- 12Jurisdiction meaningThe physical or legal boundaries of authority
- 132 TYPES OF JURISDICTIONOriginal jurisdiction & Appellate jurisdiction
- 14Original jurisdictionAuthority to hear a case for the 1st time
- 15Appellate jurisdictionAuthority to hear a case on appeal from a lower court
- 16TRIAL BY JURYJudicial branch has the power to try crimes by jury
- 17Trial by jury is aBasic right
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