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Friday March 6, 2015
Agenda Homework
O Pass out and Go Over Yesterday’s Notes (6th and 7th Period)
O ReviewO Supreme Court
NotesO Engrade
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Civics and Economics Day
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Jury Members People who are 18
years or older who are registered voters or have drivers licenses.
Cannot be a felon, mentally or physically incompetent and must be able to understand English.
You receive $12 for the first day, $20 for days two-five and $40 a day for after the first 5 days.
You with a group of 11 other people decide the guilt or innocence of a person.
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United States Level of Courts
District (94 courts)
Appellate (13)
Supreme (1)
Almost all cases start in the
District Court!
If you forget the order Mr. Neanover will be S.A.D
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US District Court Judges
They have tenure- job for life
They hear federal criminal and civil cases first.
Salary: $174,000
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Appellate Court Judges Yearly Salary
$184,500 They review decisions
made in lower district courts.
Have appellate jurisdiction.
Power to rule on whether the defendant’s rights were protected or whether he or she received a fair trial.
We are the 4th Circuit.
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Supreme Court Justices
$213900 Associate Justices
$223,500 US Supreme Court Chief Justice
Only 9 Justices. New openings happen due to resignation or death of a justice.
Have always been lawyers.
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Supreme Court Notes
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Vocabulary O Precedent- a model upon which to
base a decision on a similar case
O Opinion- a detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind a courts decision.
O Tenure-Having a job for life, meaning you retire or die.
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Qualifications of Judges
ONo particular qualifications!?
OBut Presidents usually appoint judges who share their ideas about politics and justice.
OApproved by the Senate.
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Supreme Court Organization
• There are 9 Justices– 1 Chief– 8 Associate– Congress has the power
to change this• Duties
– Hear and rule on cases.– Write a written
explanation for the decision called an Opinion.
• The President appoints the Supreme Court Justices when one retires or dies.
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Supreme Court Powers• The other branches
must follow the Supreme Courts rulings.
• Judicial Review–Power to review any federal, state, or local law to determine if it is constitutional (Follows the constitution).
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Marbury v. Madison• 1803 court case that
established the Supreme Court had the power to decide whether laws were constitutional.
• Judicial Review established that:– Constitution is supreme
law of the land– If a law contradicts the
constitution, constitution wins.
– Judicial Branch should uphold the constitution.
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Limits• Supreme Court needs the
executive branch to enforce decisions.– Andrew Jackson did not do
this in Worcester v. Georgia.
– Congress can always make new laws to get around it.
• Court can only hear and make rulings on cases that come to it.
• Only accepts questions that involve a federal question.
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Who are the Supreme Court Justices?
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Back row (left to right): Sonia
Sotomayor, Stephen G.
Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, and
Elena Kagan. Front row
(left to right): Clarence Thomas,
Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice
John G. Roberts, Anthony
Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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How do the People on the Supreme Court Lean
politically?OLiberalOSonia Sotomayor
ORuth Bader Ginsburg
OElena KaganOStephen Breyer
• Conservatives–Anthony Kennedy (Swing)
–Clarence Thomas–(Chief Justice) John Roberts
–Antonin Scalia–Samuel Alito
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Median Retirement Age 78.7
Antonin Scalia3/11/1936
Age: 76 yr 7 moRonald Reagan
9/26/1986Served: 26 yr 1 mo
Anthony Kennedy7/23/1936
Age: 76 yr 3 moRonald Reagan
2/18/1988Served: 24 yr 8 mo
Clarence Thomas6/23/1948
Age: 64 yr 4 moGeorge H. W. Bush
10/23/1991Served: 21 yr 0 mo
Ruth Bader Ginsburg3/15/1933
Age: 79 yr 7 moBill Clinton
8/19/1993Served: 19 yr 2 mo
Stephen Breyer8/15/1938
Age: 74 yr 2 moBill Clinton
8/3/1994Served: 18 yr 2 mo
John G. Roberts1/27/1955
Age: 57 yr 9 moGeorge W. Bush
9/29/2005Served: 7 yr 1 mo
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.4/1/1950
Age: 62 yr 7 moGeorge W. Bush
1/31/2006Served: 6 yr 9 mo
Sonia Sotomayor6/25/1954
Age: 58 yr 4 moBarack Obama
8/8/2009Served: 3 yr 2 mo
Elena Kagan4/28/1960
Age: 52 yr 6 moBarack Obama
8/7/2010Served: 2 yr 2 mo
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