Judicial Branch

Role of the judicial branch

• make laws
• interpret laws
• enforce laws
• impeach a president

Role of the executive branch

• make laws
• interpret laws
• enforce laws
• veto laws

Role of the legislative branch

• Make laws
• Interpret laws
• Enforce laws
• Nominate Supreme Court justices

Highest court in the land

• appellate courts
• trial courts
• district courts
• Supreme Courts

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench
• jury
• judicial review
• justice

Number of justices on the Supreme Court

• 5
• 9
• 100
• 435

A check the executive branch has on the judicial branch

• impeach for committing a crime
• veto laws
• nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• declare a law unconstitutional

A check the legislative branch has on the judicial branch

• impeach for committing a crime
• veto laws
• nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• declare a law unconstitutional

A check the judicial branch has on the executive branch

• impeach for committing a crime
• veto laws
• nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• declare an action by the president to be unconstitutional 

A check the judicial branch has on the legislative branch

• Impeach for committing a crime
• Veto laws
• Nominate a justice to the Supreme Court
• Declare a law to be unconstitutional