Name: ___________________________________________________________________ Date: __________
OUTLINE #3: LOWER FEDERAL COURTS
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
SLIDE: REMINDER FROM SCAVENGER HUNT
The Constitution created the Supreme Court, but what does Congress have the power to create?
SLIDE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS
What are constitutional courts?
There are _____ types of constitutional courts. They are:
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________
SLIDE: FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS (CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TYPE #1)
District courts serve as why kind of courts?
DISCUSSION BREAK: What happens in trial courts?
There are _____ district courts
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At least _____ in each ____________________, including _____ in ____________________ and
____________________.
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There are _____ in Ohio
How are district courts split up?
How many types of juries are there in district courts?
They are ____________________ and ____________________.
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Grand Juries
o
Made up of ____________________ members
o
Their job is to ________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
What is an indictment?
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Petit Juries
o
Made up of ____________________ members
o
Their job is to _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
SLIDE: OFFICERS OF DISTRICT COURTS
What are the titles of the three officers of district courts?
1. OFFICER 1: __________________________________________________________________________
How many judges are there?
What kind of cases do they hear?
2. OFFICER 2: __________________________________________________________________________
How many United States Magistrates are there?
What is the job of the United States Magistrate?
3. OFFICER 3: __________________________________________________________________________
What are the three parts of the job for the United States Marshal?
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________
SLIDE: FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEALS (CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TYPE #2)
DISCUSSION BREAK: What happens in courts of appeals? A case in a court of appeals takes place after
what?
The 94 ______________________________ are split up into what?
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12 ______________________________ (or ______________________________)
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What is the 13th court responsible for?
How many judges sit on each appeal?
DISCUSSION BREAK: Why are there no juries in courts of appeals?
Cases in courts of appeals can have _____ outcomes. What are they?
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________
SLIDE: US COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE (CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TYPE #3)
Which courts have jurisdiction over cases dealing with tariffs?
This court is also known as what?
DISCUSSION BREAK: What is a tariff?
SLIDE: LEGISLATIVE COURTS
What are legislative courts?
What do these courts do?
They are:
1. US Court of ___________________________________________________________________________
2. US __________________________________________________________________________________
3. US Court of Appeals for _________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Courts of the __________________________________________________________________________
6. The Court of __________________________________________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________________________________________________