Article III The Judicial Branch

First African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court. Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

• Clarence Thomas

• Ketanji Jackson Brown

• Thurgood Marshall

First woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan.

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Natalia Hunt

• Margaret O'Shea

Our nation's court system is known as what branch?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

• Court System

The main job that the judicial branch has is...

• dictate the law

• to interpret the law

• impose the law

• ignore the law

What was the name the judicial branch under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Branch of the Law

• Continental Branch of the Law

• None because there was no judicial branch

• Confederate Branch of the Law

What are the two types of trials?

• Criminal

• Family

• Civil

• Tax

What is the name of the group who decides the outcome of a trial?

• witnesses

• jury

• investigators

• lawyers

What was the only court created by the Constitution?

• Divorce Court

• The Supreme Court

• Court of Appellate

• Tax Court

We have a "dual court" system. What does that mean?

• We have federal Courts

• We have state courts

• We have civil courts

• We have family court

When a defendant loses a trial and wants another chance, they file a/an...

• lawsuit

• complaint

• appeal

• writ of certiori