Judicial Branch Citizenship: American Government.

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Judicial Branch Citizenship: American Government

About the Unit In the American Government Unit we will be exploring the following questions: What is federalism and how is a part of the United States Government? What is the Executive Branch of the United States Government and what is its role? What is the Legislative Branch of the United States Government and what is its role? What is the Judicial Branch of the United States Government and what is its role? What is a political parties and what system of political parties is a part of the United States Government? What is the electoral process of the United States Government and how are the States involved in this process?

Judicial Branch Judicial Branch - The part of the government that settles legal disputes related to... interpretation of the constitution the federal (national) government conflicts between the states and federal govt. The Judicial Branch is made up of a system of courts that includes... the Supreme Court (highest court) 95 Federal District Courts 13 Courts of Appeal 2 Courts of Special Jurisdiction

United States Federal Court System

Judicial Branch in Practice... The vast majority of court cases are handled in local, state, or lower- level federal courts each depending on the subject matter or jurisdiction of the case. Each year around 10,000 cases are petitioned to be heard by the United States Supreme Court; however, the court only hears cases per year. The Supreme Court usually only hears cases that are incredibly important as determined by things such as... a conflict of law, or where lower courts reach different conclusions about the same law cases that involve an important social issue that affects many citizens cases where lower courts have ignored or disregarded past Supreme Court Decisions

Supreme Court of the United States

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