Judiciary and Judicial Review
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Organization
- Supreme Court--9 justices
- Inferior Courts
- Appeals Courts--12 districts
- District Courts
- State Courts
Jurisdiction
- Federal Courts
- Supreme Court
- Original--disputes between states
- Appellate--writ of certiorari
Supreme Court Procedure
- 1st Monday in October
- Sequence of events
- Assignment to write Opinions
- Majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions
Selection of Judges
- Inferior Courts--based on merit and politics
- Supreme Court
- Most important legacy of a President
- Steps
- Criteria--merit, ideology, diversity
- “Surprises”
Judicial Review
- Supreme Court initially not an equal branch
- Marbury v. Madison
- Background--writ of mandamous
- Justice Marshall’s Dilemma
- Marshall’s Solution
- Marshall’s Decision
- Marshall’s Argument
- Results
- Court above politics
- Judicial Review of Federal Laws
- Judicial Review of State Laws
How to Interpret the Constitution
- Original Intent
- Present Circumstances
- The Supreme Court Today
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