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Do Now. Text or answer on your white boards the answer to this question: What are the four types of law in the United States? 717-752-6695 Get the Homework off the front board or the QR code. Get your laptops and log on. The Federal Court System. 5-23-11. Objectives.
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Do Now • Text or answer on your white boards the answer to this question: • What are the four types of law in the United States? • 717-752-6695 • Get the Homework off the front board or the QR code. • Get your laptops and log on
The Federal Court System 5-23-11
Objectives • Apply the concept of an appeal to a real life situation • Create a machine that represents the Federal Judicial System
U.S. Federal Courts • Jurisdiction – determines the types of cases it can hear and decide on (if it was properly brought before it) • Original • Appellate Three levels of Federal Courts
The U.S. Federal Courts • U.S. Supreme Court • (mostly appellate) CASES END HERE • U.S. Court of Appeals • (appellate) • 12 Circuits • U.S. District Courts • (original) • 94 Courts in 50 states/territories CASES START HERE
U.S. Federal Districts • Lowest level of courts– U.S. District Courts • Trial courts • Original jurisdiction – to hear and decide a case for the first time
U.S. District Judges • Do not make law! • They apply law to the case before them • Both criminal and civil cases • No jury? Judge decides • Decides punishment • Appointed for life, by? Approved by? • Impeached by?
U.S. Courts of Appeals • Courts of Appeals – appellate jurisdiction – Review decisions and procedures of lower courts • 12 judicial circuits, each with its own court of appeals
U.S. Courts of Appeals continued Panel of three judges makes a decision – was the first trial fair and was the law interpreted correctly? NO GUILT OR INNOCENCE DECIDED • Majority vote of three judges • Back to district court for a new trial or upheld. • Last appeal chance, if U.S. Court of Appeals upholds orginal decision, is the Supreme Court
Formative Assessment • Create a question on the court of appeals. Text someone in class that question. • No phone? Put the question on your whiteboard and show it to someone across the room. • Answer the question via text or on a white board. • Did the person you ask get it right?
U.S. Supreme Court • Mainly an appeals court (they choose the cases they will hear) • Justices – nine judges on the Court (Congress sets the number of Justices) • Decision cannot be appealed • Original jurisdiction in cases involving: • Diplomats from other countries • Cases between states • Cases involving states and the federal government
Machine! • SOME questions to consider • Where to trials start? • Who tries them? • How many? • Where do cases go after the first trial?
Closure • On WB or text message to Mr. D • Why does the United States give different kinds of courts original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction?