Intro to Judicial Branch

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Intro to Judicial Branch
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quiz

• What bureaucratic group protects the consumer
  from business and industry?
• What positions duties include being Americas
  lawyer
• What is the primary task of the bureaucracy
• Where does the bureaucracy derive its power
• Define an Executive agreement
• Bonus----How long was yesterdays filibuster?

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Civil vs. Criminal Cases

• Civil Cases
• Relations between private citizens. (corporate
  citizens)

81 year old woman awarded millions of dollars for
spilling her coffee on herself
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More Civil Cases

• Toddler
• Winnebago
• Thief (taylor is particular) (honda)
• Surfer
• Weather
• Engagement

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Criminal Cases

• Criminal Cases
• Criminal law regulates individual conduct. Laws,
  state or federal, determine what is legal or
  illegal
• Most laws are states but some are federal.
• Kidnapping or Bank robbing (federal)

Some crimes are considered against society and
the government is usually the plaintiff in
Criminal Cases
The People of the State of California v. Michael
Jackson
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There are any Lawsuits and Crimes.

• But most cases never get to court.
• Most Civil Disputes are Settled out of Court
• Most Criminal Cases are settled due to plea
  bargains or dismissals

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Article III of the Constitution

• Establishes
• Supreme Court in which the judicial power of the
  United States is Vested
• Life Tenure or good behavior for Judges
• Such Inferior courts as Congress may choose to
  establish
• Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

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Jurisdiction

• Original
• The Courts Authority to hear disputes and
  determine facts
• Appellate
• Power to review or revise a lower court decision
• The Supreme Court has both Original and Appellate
  Jurisdiction
• The Main Source of the Supreme Court Case Load is
  their Appellate Jurisdiction