Judicial Branch Review

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench

• jury

• judicial review

• justice

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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