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Warm-up Write each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in your notebook.

Warm-up Write each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in your notebook. Authority of only the federal courts to hear certain cases is called__ _________ . District courts have only __________ jurisdiction The Supreme Court has justices but no ______.

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Warm-up Write each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in your notebook.

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  1. Warm-upWrite each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in your notebook. • Authority of only the federal courts to hear certain cases is called___________. • District courts have only __________ jurisdiction • The Supreme Court has justices but no ______. • The Appeals Courts have only ______________ jurisdiction. • Most federal court cases begin in the ________ • Exclusive jurisdiction • Original • Jury • Appellate • District Courts

  2. Review Homework Answers on flip chart

  3. The Judicial Branch How the courts work

  4. READING Meet with your partner. Complete the front part of the worksheet. You have 15 minutes.

  5. How does the federal court system work? Remember! S A D

  6. How do Supreme Court Justices and federal judges get their jobs? appointed by the president + approved by Senate =A federal Judge/justice

  7. Samuel Alito Bush/ 5 years Stephen Breyer Clinton/ 16 years Sonia Sotomayor Obama/ 1 year Elena Kagan Obama/ 6 months Antonin Scalia Reagan/ 24 years Chief Justice John Roberts Bush/ 5years Anthony Kennedy Reagan/23 years Ruth Ginsberg Clinton/17 years Clarence Thomas Bush Sr. / 19 years How long is the term of a federal judge? Life

  8. Section 3-9 Why might the Senate reject a president’s nominee for Supreme Court justice? Throughout history, the Senate has rejected many presidential nominees to the Supreme Court because of doubts about the qualifications or the legal philosophy of the persons nominated. (pages 200–201)

  9. DFT1 Click the mouse button or press theSpace Bar to display the answer.

  10. Step #1: The District Courts) District courts have original jurisdiction which means they try most cases for the first time. You break a federal law; your case will be heard here first

  11. Step #2: The Appeals Courts • The purpose of appeals courts is to review decisions made by the lower courts • The Court of Appeals only has appellate jurisdiction

  12. An appeals court can do any of the following: 1. Uphold the original decision 2. Reverse the decision 3. Remand (send) the case back to a lower court to be tried again

  13. Section 2-12 Under what circumstances might someone decide to appeal? Lawyers usually appeal when they think the judge in their case applied the law incorrectly or used the wrong procedures or if new evidence turns up. (pages 197–198)

  14. Checking for Understanding Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left. Section 2-20 A __ 1. federal courts where trials are held and lawsuits are begun __ 2. the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court __ 3. courts that review decisions made in lower district courts __ 4. the authority to hear cases for the first time A. district courts B. appeals courts C. appellate jurisdiction D. original jurisdiction C B D Click the mouse button or press theSpace Bar to display the answers.

  15. Step #3: The Supreme Court • This is the highest court in the land • The decisions of this court are final. • The decisions of the courts are very powerful • They set a precedent or basis for decisions in similar cases

  16. How cases are decided in the Supreme Court? JIGSAW ACTIVITY

  17. Teacher Created Groups • Get reading assignment card • Read and study your part for 5 minutes • Meet with the other “specialty” reading partner in the other groups. • Discuss concept and what notes to give for 3 minutes • Meet back with your 6-person group to discuss reading assignments and take notes.

  18. Infer The Supreme Court refuses to hear many more cases than it accepts. What happens in a case when the Supreme Court refuses to hear it? Section 3-21 The decision of the lower court remains unchanged when the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case.

  19. No Homework

  20. Return the Executive Branch Test • If you do not want to make test corrections- place your scan sheet in your notebook. We will use the green side later or put it in your bin for me to hold on to • If you want to make test corrections- put your scan sheet on my desk. I will send it to resource

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