Judicial Basics I
Branch established by Article III of the Constitution.
Judicial
Chief Justice
Cases which only the Supreme Court hear are what type of jurisdiction?
Original
Topic addressed by Article IV
States or relationships between states
Article V explains what?
Role of judicial branch
Interpret and explain laws
Number of members on the Supreme Court
9
Cases heard by the Supreme Court after going through the court system are what jurisdiction?
Appellate
Each state is required to do what in regards to the laws of other states
Respect and honor them
Two ways an amendment can be proposed.
1. The amendment is approved by a 2/3 vote of the House and the Senate
2. 2/3 of state legislatures call for a constitutional convention
Main body of the judicial branch
U.S. Supreme Court
Term of a Supreme Court justice
Lifetime
Formal request to have the Supreme Court hear a case
writ of cert
This group has the power to admit new states to the United States
Congress
Purpose of Article VI
Declares the U.S. Constitution the supreme law of the land.
Location of the U.S. Supreme Court building
Washington, D.C.
Who appoints Supreme Court justices
The U.S. President
The concept that the Supreme Court has the right to determine the constitutionality of a law
judicial review
Type of government in which the people select the government leaders to represent them
republican
Two ways to ratify an amendment to the Constitution
1. 3/4 of state legislatures ratify the amendment
2. 3/4 of the states have individual constitutional conventions to ratify the amendment
Title of a Supreme court member
Justice
Who approves appointments to the Supreme Court
The Senate
treason
Only state created by breaking off land from another state
West Virginia
Purpose of Article VII