Purpose of warm up The Wildcat Way Developing a warm up for your program Meet Day warm up.
Warm-up Write each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in your notebook.
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Warm-up Write each sentence and answer on your warm- up page in your notebook. 1. Authority of only the federal courts to hear certain cases is called___________. 2. District courts have only __________ jurisdiction 3. The Supreme Court has justices but no ______. 4. The Appeals Courts have only ______________ jurisdiction. 5. Most federal court cases begin in the ________ Exclusiv e jurisdic tion Original Jury Appellat e District
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Transcript of Warm-up Write each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in your notebook.
Warm-upWrite each sentence and answer on your warm-up page in
your notebook.
1. Authority of only the federal courts to hear certain cases is called___________.
2. District courts have only __________ jurisdiction
3. The Supreme Court has justices but no ______.
4. The Appeals Courts have only ______________ jurisdiction.
5. Most federal court cases begin in the ________
Exclusive jurisdiction
Original
Jury
Appellate
District Courts
Review Homework
Answers on flip chart
The Judicial BranchHow the courts work
READING
Meet with your partner.
Complete the front part of the worksheet.
You have 15 minutes.
How does the federal court system work?
Remember!
S A D
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
District Court
How do Supreme Court Justices and federal judges get their jobs?
appointed by the president
+approved by Senate
=A federal Judge/justice
Clarence ThomasBush Sr. / 19 years
Antonin ScaliaReagan/ 24 years
Chief JusticeJohn RobertsBush/ 5years
Anthony KennedyReagan/23 years
Ruth GinsbergClinton/17 years
Sonia SotomayorObama/ 1 year
Stephen BreyerClinton/ 16 years
Samuel AlitoBush/ 5 years
Elena KaganObama/ 6 months
How long is the term of a federal judge?Life
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)(pages 200–201)
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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
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
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
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)(pages 197–198)
Checking for Understanding
__ 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
Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left.
C
B
A
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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
How cases are decided in the Supreme Court?
JIGSAW ACTIVITY
1. Teacher Created Groups
2. Get reading assignment card
3. Read and study your part for 5 minutes
4. Meet with the other “specialty” reading partner in the other groups.
5. Discuss concept and what notes to give for 3 minutes
6. Meet back with your 6-person group to discuss reading assignments and take notes.
How cases reach the court acceptance
Written and oral argumentsconference
Opinion
WritingAnnouncement
How cases reach the court
- Most through appeals process
- States need help on a ruling
Acceptance
- review cases
- 4 of 9 justices agree to take case
Written and oral arguments
- brief prepared by lawyers explaining the case
- Meet the justices for 30 minutes
Conference
-private meeting
- discuss/debate case
Majority (5 of 9) justices needed to decide case
Opinion Writing
- majority opinion- tells what the ruling is and
why
Announcement
- opinions needed to be complete first
- Decision announced to media
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?
The decision of the lower court remains unchanged when the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case.
No Homework
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
