What are the Powers of the Judicial Branch?

By: Linh Dao & Suyeon Kim

-There are 93 District Courts in the United States with at least onein each state. -The people that serve in the Supreme Court can serve for life, and they are appointed by the president and then approved by the Congress.

- Courts and Judges create the Judicial Branch of our government. There are three different court levels in this branch, the District Courts, the Court of Appeals, and, lastly, the Supreme Court.- The Constitution formed the Supreme Court and

gave the approval of establishing other courts to the Congress. In 1789, the first Congress used this power to establish the district and appeals courts and they are also called the lower courts.

-Controls which laws Congress proposed to to apply to any given place

-Determines how Congress meant the law to apply to disputes

-Determines how a law acts to determine the character of prisoners-Determines how a law acts to force proof of evidence

-Courts of Appeals looks over decisions from district courts -The Supreme court hears only about 100 cases a year, so the Courts of Appeals usually hears most of the cases

Our government would be very different without the Judicial branch of government. There are many details to support that the government would not survive without the Judicial branch. Most of our laws would be unconstitutional, and many laws would be broken without the Judicial branch. The laws that Congress makes has to pass the Judicial branch to become a law, but all laws, good and bad ones, could not be passed without the Judicial branch. Also, many of the people's problems and issues could not be solved without judges and the Judicial branch, and suing would not be possible.

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