Judicial Branch
District Courts
________________________ of the federal court system. This is where most ___________________ begin
Original Jurisdiction *only courts with __________________________
Each state has at least one district court
___________ of all court cases are in district courts
Court Officials
Judges Appointed by the _____________________ and approved by the ________________________
Earn 162,100/year.
Magistrate –
US AttorneyMarshal Subpoena –
Court of Appeals
Appellate jurisdiction –
Circuit –
How many judicial circuits are there?
Circuit court judges
Each appeals court has from 6-27 judges.
Each earn $171,800/year
How many judges will hear each case?
What 3 things can the court do? –
1.
2.
3.
Some cases will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court
What does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction involving?
What do they hear cases involving?
Are their decisions final?
Supreme Court Justices
How many total?
Chiefs?
Associates?
Associate justices receive $199,200/year
Chief justice receives $208,100/year
1st African-American justice? What year?
1st Female justice? What year?
Justice
Date of
birth
Date of
appointment
President/Republican or Democrat?
Supreme Court Schedule
What do the justices do the 1st 2 weeks of the month?
What do the justices do the 2nd 2 weeks of the month?
How many justices are needed to hear a case?
What is a docket?
What are adversaries?
How do most cases reach the Supreme Court?
Writ of Certiorari –
What do lower courts sometimes ask the supreme court to do?
Senate
Confirmation
Decisions and Opinions
What constitutes a majority?
What happens if there is a tie?
Case/year
Brown v Board
of Education
Bush v. Gore
Dred Scott v.
Sandford
Engel v. Vitale
Furman v.
Georgia
Gibbons v.
Ogden
Gideon v.
Wainwright
Hazelwood v.
Kuhlmeier
Korematsu v.
United States
Brief Description
Ammendment(s)
Precedent
Mapp V. Ohio
Marbury v.
Madison
McCulloch v.
Maryland
Minnesota v
Mille Lacs Band
of Chippewa
Indians
Miranda v.
Arizona
New York Times
Company v. US
Plessy v.
Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Tinker v. Des
Moines School
District
United States v.
Nixon
Worcester v.
Georgia