Article III of the Constitution: Judicial Branch

Role of the judicial branch

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

Highest court in the land

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

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Name for a Supreme Court judge

• bench
• jury
• judicial review
• justice

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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 legislative branch

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

Unconstitutional means _____________

• to charge a public official with wrong doing
• the Constitution does NOT allow it
• rejecting a law and refusing to sign it
• to determine the meaning of the Constitution

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Term of office for a Supreme Court justice

• elected for a period of 5 years
• nominated for a period of 10 years
• elected for a period of 8 years
• nominated for life (until retirement or death)

The right for a court to hear a case of the first time.

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Criminal Law

• Common Good