* The head of the Judicial Branch is,___________ * Define jurisdiction:
* Decides if laws are allowable under the U.S. Constitution * Power is limited
* Diplomats from foreign countries * Disputes between states
* Appealed from lower district courts
* Supreme Court chooses the cases it hears * Final authority; Constitution, Congress, Treaties * Refusal- lower court decision stands
* 8 associate justices and a chief justice- total of 9! * President appoints Supreme Court justices, with the approval of the Senate
* Judicial Review- constitutional or not?
* Checks and Balances * Executive branch to enforce it’s laws * Congress can pass a new law or change a law ruled unconstitutional
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 2 nd grade class. You are going to be researching the current justices of the Supreme Court. Let’s look over the hand out!