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True or False:
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Disputes between states are settled in
federal courts.
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Concurrent jurisdiction means ONLY the
federal courts may hear the case.
Warm Up
 HOLLY
CHAPMAN 
 Hard
working
 Model Student
 Respectful at all times!
Citizen of the Week!
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Focus: Executive and Legislative Review
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You need 2 different colored
pencils/crayons/markers/etc.

Connect all legislative ideas in one color,
and executive ideas in a different color.

Once you have connected all similar
ideas, please write the connection
between them on the line you drew.
Enrichment
 Your
newspapers look
AWESOME! Good job 
Supreme Court Cases

We are going to watch a brief video on
each of the KEY supreme court cases you
need to know

2 facts/video!
Highlight the Key Cases
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TVke
RUvX_U
Marbury vs. Madison
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s54Ms
nV2Dp0
Plessy v. Ferguson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHL
dr-iak
Brown vs. Board of Education

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSfH9
m4w8fE
Miranda vs. Arizona

http://www.cbsnews.com/830133816_162-57574701/
Gideon vs. Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQnVc
7clhjc
Swann vs. Charlotte Mecklenburg
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District Courts

Courts of Appeals
Besides the Supreme Court…
 Federal
courts where trials are held
and lawsuits are begun
 94
districts
 Figure
out the facts of a case
 Witnesses testify and juries hear
cases and reach verdicts
District Courts

Review decisions made in lower district
courts

Appellate Jurisdiction- authority of a court
to hear a case appealed from a lower
court
Court of Appeals
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Page 245
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How do they decide an appeal? 3 ways
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DEFINE
◦ Opinion
◦ Precedent
Court of Appeals