Unit VI Lesson 1

The American Dual Court System

Essential Question:

• What are the basic civil rights and liberties of Americans?

• How have significant decisions of the Supreme Court affected our basic rights?

• What are the strengths and weaknesses of court decisions as instruments of social change?

Separation of Powers

Unit I

More than just

1,300 State and Federal Courts in the

U.S.

Federalism

Federal State

FEDERAL COURTS are responsible for cases involving: *Violations of federal law

Immigration Offenses

Acts of Terrorism Against the U.S. Government

Assassination of a Federal Official

Counterfeiting

FederalCourts

FederalCourts

*Civil suits against the United States FederalCourt

Executive Order 9066

FederalCourt

$1.6 Billion Dollars

Civil

*Civil suits involving two or more states

FederalCourt

Boundary Dispute, Water Rights, Trade Agreements

FederalCourt

*Cases involving the Constitutional rights of American citizens

FederalCourt

FREEDOM OF RELIGION

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

FREEDOM OF PETITION

THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS

DUE PROCESS RIGHTS

THE RIGHT TO OWN PRIVATE PROPERTYFederalCourt s

FederalCourt

1954

Federal State

2%

98%

“What Kind Of Stuff?”

Burglary Assault

KidnappingTraffic

Violations

StateCourts

*Violations of STATE law

StateCourts

*Civil

cases among STATE

residents or lawsuits against a STATE

98%2%

*Cases involving the

Georgia Constitution

Federal State“Dual Court System”

Federalism

The United States has a court system at both the federal and state level which is

known as:

A. Criminal Court System

B. Appeals System

C. Dual Court System

D. Bicameral System

Federal State

Gage was charged with homicide for

shooting and killing his brother with a shotgun during a

hunting trip

Zorida sued Toyota after an engine fire

destroyed her car and left her with several

second degree burns

Gainesville City Schools sued the Obama

Administration for failure to pay a national grant it

promised underperforming schools

Abner was charged with intention to perform a

terrorist act after he was apprehended outside the

U.S. Court House in Atlanta with 20 pounds of C-4 in his

backpack