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GOVT 2305
The JudiciaryDefinition and Historical Background
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This begins a discussion of the last of the three institutions of
American and Texas Government.
- Judiciary.- United States Federal Courts.
- Texas Judicial System.
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Blog Posts
AppealsCommon LawThe Judiciary
Judicial Elections Judicial Review Texas Judiciary
Trials
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To get an idea of what we will cover, you may wish to look at
these:
Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution and
Article 5 of the Texas Constitution
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Let’s review a few basic facts about the judiciary.
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The United States Judiciary is composed of one Supreme Court,
11 Courts of Appeals, and 94 District Courts, which also include
bankruptcy courts.
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The Texas Judiciary is headed by two top courts – The Texas
Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Beneath
these are 14 Courts of Appeals, district courts, county courts,
municipal courts, and justice of the peace courts.
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The judiciary is unique among the three branches since its members - on the national level - are appointed for
lifetime terms.
The President makes the appointment and the Senate confirms it, though confirmation is not a guarantee.
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Judges in Texas, however, are elected. Appellate and Supreme Court judges
are elected in overlapping 6 year partisan elections.
This makes them accountable to the general public, but this can make them
subject to majoritarian pressures to act against minorities.
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Judicial appointments were meant to ensure the judges would have
the “peculiar qualifications” necessary to hold the office. They are expected to know a few things
about the law.
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In order to ensue that judges are not controlled by whatever entity is appointing them to office, they
are given lifetime tenure.
This is the source of their independence.
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While the legislative and executive branches are accountable to the
electorate, the national judiciary is subject to the law and the Constitution
as they interpret it.
This checks the majority – the judiciary is the institution most able to secure
the rights of the minority.
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Because they are appointed, the judiciary is not considered to be a political branch. It does not make
decisions subject to public approval. It generally refuses to
rule on political questions, leaving those to the legislative and
executive branches.
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The courts are fully detached from the general public, yet public
opinion on the court tends to be higher than of the elected
institutions.
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Obviously, Texas is different.
We will explore this issue later.
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The Functions of the Judiciary
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DefinitionJudiciary:
1611, from L. judiciarius "of or belonging to a court of justice," from judicium
"judgment," from judicem (see judge). The noun meaning "a body of judges, judges
collectively" is from 1802.
- online etymology dictionary
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A Basic Function of the Judiciary
Adjudication: The legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation including legal reasoning
set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines
rights and obligations between the parties involved. - Wikipedia
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In a broader sense, the Judiciary in the American governing system does these three things:
1 – it provides a forum for the reconciliation of disputes in society2 – it interprets statutory and constitutional law3 – checks the legislative and executive branches
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Taking each in turn
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1
The Judiciary provides a forum for the arbitration of
disputes in society.
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Three ways to categorize disputes
Criminal and CivilState and Federal Trials and Appeals
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A criminal proceeding places a group or a citizen in
a confrontation with the state.
The accusation is made that a law has been violated.
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A civil proceeding places the individuals or groups in a
confrontation with each other.
Most typically it is argued that a contract has been violated, or a
damage inflicted (tort).
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Criminal and Civil proceedings are distinct. Each has its own set of
rules for how to arrive at a decision and determine
punishment.
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As with the other two branches, separate legal systems exist on
each level of government.
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Disputes involving state laws are handled in state courts, though
lower level disputes are handled in county and city courts.
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Disputes involving federal laws are handled in federal courts.
Ultimately all laws have to abide by the U.S. Constitution which means
that disputes from any level of government can ultimately be
heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Each level has its own unique judicial system
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The Unites States Courts
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The Texas Courts
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Two (potential) stages in the judicial process:
TrialAppeal
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A trial is a matter of factAn appeal is a matter of process
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In a trial, evidence is presented to an impartial jury that determines
guilt or innocence.
In an appeal, a panel of judges determines whether the procedure
in the trial was constitutional.
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2
Interprets statutory and constitutional law
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This occurs in the appellate process
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The meaning of statutory legislation is clarified
Clean Water ActEqual Pay Act of 1963
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The same is true for constitutional language
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“commerce”“necessary and proper”
“speech”“probable cause”
“cruel and unusual”
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The precise definition of these words and phrases can be subject
to debate.
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3
The judiciary checks the legislative and
executive branches.
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Principal Check
Judicial Review
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The power to overturn legislation and actions of the executive.
The Constitution would be effectively meaningless without this power residing somewhere.
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Judicial Review does not exist in the Constitution.
The power was considered to be dangerous and subject to abuse. The institution with this
power could become tyrannical.
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In Federalist #78 Alexander Hamilton argues that the judiciary must have the power of judicial review.
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This was the basis of the decision in Marbury v. Madison where the courts claimed the
power for themselves.
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Historical Background
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The Development of Legal Code and the Courts
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We will look at the evolution of two things:
Common LawCourt System
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1 - The Common Law
A definition: Law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals (called case law), rather than
through legislative statutes or executive action, and to corresponding legal systems that rely on precedential
case law.
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2 - The Court System
We will look at the development of a court procedures (due
process, etc) and the gradual development of the courts as
independent institutions.
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Common Law
The "common law" was the law that the whole country had in
common, rather than particular tribal laws that might apply
between smaller communities
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The development of common law and a court system based on due
process under their control helped early British Kings consolidate
control over Britain.
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To better understand common law, let’s compare it to two other
categories of law:
Statutory LawConstitutional Law
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The Common Law is Organic Law
Develops from the ground up.
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Statutory Law
Written law set down by a legislature
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Constitutional Law
A body of law which establishes governing institutions, and the
distribution and exercise of government power.
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Legal code has been built up over centuries. American legal
code was built up from, and includes, British code
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Important related concepts:
Stare DecisisPrecedence
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Stare Decisis
“the legal principle by which judges are obliged to obey the set-up precedents
established by prior decisions. The words originate from the Latin phrase Stare
decisis et non quieta movere, “’Maintain what has been decided and do not alter
that which has been established’". – Wikipedia.
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Precedence
In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal
case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body utilizes when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. –
Wikipedia.
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In the American System, Constitutional Law is supreme. Any disputes is resolved in favor of the Constitution since it is argued to
more reflect the will of the people. The Constitution was ratification by the states, statutory law was
not.
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Alfred the Great871 - 899
The Doom Book: An early compilation of laws. A mixture of
Saxon and Mosaic Code
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During this time there was little distinction between the legislative, executive, and judicial institutions.
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Curia Regis: The Anglo-Saxon kings of England regularly summoned the bishops and great men of the kingdom to a council (Witenagemot), which advised the king and occasionally served as a court of justice. Building upon this foundation, the Norman kings after the Conquest in 1066 developed more effective ways of centralizing royal government. By the end of the eleventh century the king was entrusting business to his Curia, a body of officials appointed from the ranks of the highest noblemen, church leaders, and officers of the royal court. With the king, the Curia Regis administered all of the king's business—financial, legislative, and judicial. From the Curia Regis developed the common-law courts, the Chancery, and even the Parliament. – the free dictionary
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The Court of Curia Regis would eventually be divided into various
different courts with unique functions.
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Henry II 1154–1189
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Replaced trials by ordeal with jury trials.
Due process begins to be recognized.
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Also established a variety of courts
Royal MagistrateCourt of King’s Bench
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The Royal Magistrate Courts: Allowed court officials, under
authority of the Crown, to adjudicate local disputes.
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The Court of King’s Bench: The highest court of law in England during the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance. Originally, it was the principal court for criminal cases and the place to hear disputes
between the citizens and the King.
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The king had control over the courts, meaning that the courts
could become instruments of the king’s arbitrary will.
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Henry II also established the principle of Habeas Corpus, which
would help limit discretionary power.
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Magna Carta (1215) solidified the importance of due process by requiring King John recognize
procedural limits to his judicial powers.
The Due Process of the Law
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Clause 36 - In future nothing shall be paid or accepted for the issue of a writ of inquisition of life or limbs.
It shall be given gratis, and not refused.
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Clause 38 - In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his
own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.
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Clause 39 - No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled,
or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with
force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.
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Clause 40 - To no one will we sell, to no one deny or
delay right or justice.
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Together these clauses establish the right of habeas corpus.
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Two British legal commentators who further refined the Common
Law and the role of the courts within the governing system
Edward Coke (1552 – 1634) William Blackstone (1723 – 1780)
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Commentaries on the Laws of England
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The Court of Star Chamber(1341 (?) – 1641)
A court fully controlled by the monarch.
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Prosecuted accusations of seditious libel and political opponents of the monarch
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“Its procedure was not according to the Common Law. It dispensed with the
encumbrance of a jury; it could proceed on rumour alone; it could apply torture; it
could inflict any penalty but death. It was thus admirably calculated to be the
support of order against anarchy, or of despotism against individual and national
liberty.” – Luminarium.
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“Under James I and Charles I . . . the Star Chamber became the great engine of the
royal tyranny. Hateful and excessive punishments were inflicted on those brought before the court . . . and the
odium which it gathered around it was one of the causes which led to the popular
discontent against Charles I.” – Luminarium.
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Example of judiciary controlled by the monarch:
The Trial of William Penn September 1, 1670
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A related trial years later:
The Trial of John Peter Zenger August 5, 1735
Jury NullificationSeditious Libel
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The English Bill of Rights (1689) listed judicial abuses committed by
James II and established restrictions for future monarchs on
their influence on the judiciary.
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- By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the
great seal for erecting a court called the Court of Commissioners
for Ecclesiastical Causes;
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- By prosecutions in the Court of King's Bench for matters and
causes cognizable only in Parliament, and by divers other
arbitrary and illegal courses
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- By partial corrupt and unqualified persons have been returned and
served on juries in trials, and particularly divers jurors in trials for high treason which were not
freeholders
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- By excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of
the subjects;
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- excessive fines have been imposed;
- illegal and cruel punishments inflicted;
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As a consequence, the judiciary achieved independence from the
executive.
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Several grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence
concern George III’s usurpations of colonial judicial power
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Grievances
1 - He has obstructed the administration of justice, by
refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
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Grievances
2 - He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and
payment of their salaries.
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Grievances
3 - For protecting them [armed troops], by a mock trial, from
punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states.
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Grievances
4 - For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.
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Grievances
5 - For transporting us beyond seas, to be tried for pretended
offenses.
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