Unit 6: Judicial Branch
Origins of our Legal System Article III Federalist 78 Judiciary Act of 1789
Organization of the Court System
District Courts: minimum of one per state Circuit Courts: 12 total Supreme Court: just 1
Participants in the Legal System Criminal vs. Civil Law Players in the Judicial System
Judicial court
Policy Making and the Court What role does the Court play in policymaking? Limits on judicial power: Internal Institutional Constraints External Institutional Constraints Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint
Solicitor General David Verrilli
The Judicial Process How does a case make it to the SCOTUS?