PPT-Chapter 12 THE FEDERAL COURTS:

Activism versus Restraint Behavioral Focus Approaches to Studying Judicial Behavior 2011 Taylor amp Francis Introduction There are various approaches to studying the role of the American courts. The Framers created the national judiciary in Article III of the Constitution. “. 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”. 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. Federal Court System. NPR and PBS. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140964360/in-new-term-supreme-court-to-tackle-divisive-. issues. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/law/supreme_court. /. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt. 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. 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.. U.S. District Courts (lowest level of federal courts). Ch. 10, . American Government. , O’Connor, et. al.. Supreme Court links. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57563699-10391709/how-affirmative-action-divides-two-justices. /. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/19/167614048/family-robert-bork-who-was-turned-down-for-supreme-court-. Article III in the Constitution sets up the powers of the Judicial Branch. Judicial Review – The right of the federal courts to declare laws of Congress and acts of the executive branch void and unenforceable if they are judged to be in conflict with the Constitution. . 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 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 (. Under the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789). , there was no national courts or national judiciary. The laws of the land were interpreted and applied as each state saw fit & sometimes not at all. . © . 2013 . Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use.. 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.”. 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.. Chapter Sixteen. Judiciary. Chapter Sixteen: Learning Objectives. Explain why courts are so influential in the United States. Describe the argument for judicial review, a power not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution.