PPT-The Federal Courts

Original Jurisdiction Court hears cases for the first time Appellate jurisdiction Court hears cases on appeal or cases that have been heard by a lower court in the past US District Courts lowest level of federal courts. It’s . Complex. The Framers created the national judiciary in Article III of the Constitution.. The Constitution created the Supreme Court and left Congress to establish the . inferior courts. —the lower federal courts. There are two types of federal courts: (1) constitutional courts and (2) “special” or legislative courts.. The Judiciary. Intro to the Judiciary. The US is unique in the large role judges play in policy making. Judicial review. : the right of federal courts to rule on the constitutionality of laws and executive acts. Peggy Roebuck Jarrett, guest lecturer. http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/judbranch.html. Sources of Primary Law. Statutes passed by legislative bodies . Regulations promulgated by administrative agencies. Judges and Journalists. November 14, 2016. Part I: Introduction to the Courts. State Courts. Courts of Last Resort (52). Intermediate Courts of Appeals (46). Trial Courts (16,000). Types of Cases:. State Constitution. Chapter 18. Judicial Power. “The Judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”. Chapter 16. U.s. supreme court. The justices. . Sotomayor. , . Breyer. , Alito, . Kagen. Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg. Supreme Court Judges. Chief Justice – John Roberts, Bush 2005 (. Citizenship. Unit—3 Part—5. Pgs.—. 218-224. Before—Guess the Lesson. End. Guess the Lesson—Possible Answers. Supreme Court. District Courts. Constitution. Law. Judges. Justices. Districts. Alexander Hamilton, . Federalist 22. “Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation”. Article III, Section I. “The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”. Objective; Define the kinds of lower federal courts in the United States.. The Constitution created the Supreme Court.. Congress established the . lower . federal courts.. These courts are of two basic . State . Federal . Introduction: Federal and state courts. The . U.S. Constitution created a government system for the United States known as . federalism. . Federalism is the sharing of powers between the national government and the state governments. . Article III sec. 1…. Judicial power…One Supreme Court….and Inferior Courts. Topic 7 . Read Topic 7.1 pp 297-305 by Wednesday. . 7.2 pp 306-312 by Thursday. . 7.3 313-321 by Friday. What is a Bureaucracy?. A bureaucracy is defined as the complex structure of offices, tasks, rules, and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate the work of their personnel.. LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL FEDERAL U.S. Congress: - Senate - House of Rep President, VP Cabinet Exec Dept/Agencies Exec. Office of Pres. (EOP) Fed. Bureaucracy U.S. Supreme Ct Circuit Cts of Appeals Session . 5. American Courts and Legal System. Outline. What do courts do?. Two ways to organize a legal system. Sources of American law. Judicial Federalism: Federal vs state courts. The Organization of the Federal Courts.