PPT-SS.7.C.3.11 Federal and State Courts

State Federal Introduction Federal and state courts The US 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 . 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. 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). 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 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.”. 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. Bell Ringer 11/7 . What is one thing you can do to improve your scores for your next test? . Solving disputes without Court. Litigate.  Take disputes to court. *People decide too quickly to litigate disputes before considering other options.. 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 . Piecing It Together . Using the clues on the pieces, assemble the puzzles.. You should have two triangles when you are finished. . Puzzled . County Courts . Circuit Courts . District Courts of Appeal. 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.