* The head of the Judicial Branch is,___________ * Define jurisdiction:
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*Warm Up
*The head of the Judicial Branch is,___________
*Define jurisdiction:
*Supreme Court
*Decides if laws are allowable under the U.S. Constitution
*Power is limited
*Original Jurisdiction
*Diplomats from foreign countries
*Disputes between states
*Other cases
*Appealed from lower district courts
*Picky, picky!!!
*Supreme Court chooses the cases it hears
*Final authority; Constitution, Congress, Treaties
*Refusal- lower court decision stands
*The make-up of Supreme Court
*8 associate justices and a chief justice- total of 9!
*President appoints Supreme Court justices, with the approval of the Senate
*POWER TO THE COURT
*Judicial Review- constitutional or not?
*Limitations
*Checks and Balances
*Executive branch to enforce it’s laws
*Congress can pass a new law or change a law ruled unconstitutional
*Research Time!
We will QUIETLY, be going to the MAC Lab
If we are not quiet, we will turn around and come back to the room like a 2nd grade class.
You are going to be researching the current justices of the Supreme Court.
Let’s look over the hand out!
