Judicial Branch

The main duty of this court is to determine if state and federal laws are Constitutional.

• District Court

• Court of Appeals

• Supreme Court

 This court is also known as a circuit court and they have the power to hear the appeals from trial courts

• District Court

• Court of Appeals

• Supreme Court

This court is the lowest court in the 

Federal Judicial System. There are 94 of them.

• District Court

• Court of Appeals

• Supreme Court

This is the number of Supreme Court Justices.

• 8

• 9

• 10

This is the length of a federal judges’ term.

• 4 years

• 10 years

• For life

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

• Make Laws

• Interpret Laws

• Enforce Laws

How many justices does it take to hear a case AND what is this called?

• Rule of 9-A total of all 9 justices must approve to hearing the same case

• Rule of 4-A total of 4 justices must approve hearing the same case

What is the system by which each branch of government has the power to block or overrule the decisions of other branches, so that no one branch holds all the power?

• Checks and balances

• Quality Check

• Fairness

Who appoints all justices?

• President

• Vice President

• Speaker of House

Qualification for a Supreme Court Justice.

• Have a business degree

• Citizen of the United States

• none