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A Supreme Court and an intricate system of lower federal courts
A Supreme Court, federal courts, and state courts all connected in one federal system
A federal court system that could include a Supreme Court and appellate courts
State courts and the ability of Congress to create whatever federal courts it deemed necessary
A Supreme Court and whatever other courts Congress deemed necessary and proper
Legislative courts
Appellate courts
The Supreme Court
Federal district courts
Specialized courts
Hears appeals in specialized cases such as copyright law, patents, and tariffs
Hears appeals from all federal district courts
Conducts oversight on the Supreme Court
Is a court of original jurisdiction
Hears only military appeals resulting from court martial proceedings
Nine associate justices
Two assistant chief justices and six associate justices
Eight associate justices
Twelve associate justices, one of which is designated as assistant to the Chief Justice
Four assistant justices making a total of five
State criminal courts
Law suits from state civil courts
Civil cases from federal courts
Original jurisdiction
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Federal judges are appointed by the president
Federal judges, with the exception of a few specialized courts, have life tenure
Federal judges cannot have their salaries reduced while in office
Federal judges require confirmation by the Senate once appointed by the President
Federal judges must be natural citizens born the United States
The House Committee on Judges and Justices
The Senate Judiciary Committee
The FBI and the Justice Department
The Attorney General
The House Rules Committee
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board of Education
Scott v. Stanford
The wisdom of putting a friend on the Court
The ability of a President to select the right man for the administrations purposes
The importance of partisanship in Court selection
The possibility that a persons past record might not reflect his or her actions on the Court once appointed
How a President can get his nominee rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee
On a writ of certiorari
On a writ of mandamus
As an amicus curiae brief
As a stare decisis case
On a per curiam decision
The Supreme Court must decided cases as the original court of jurisdiction intended them to be decided
All cases must be decided based on stare decisis
The 14thAmendment must be considered in all cases dealing with the Bill of Rights as originally written by the Founders
Judges should determine the purposes of the writers of the Constitution when deciding the outcome of cases
Amicus curiae briefs must be the original basis of the Supreme Court’s rulings
Earl Warren
John Marshall
Warren Burger
William Rehnquist
Sandra Day O’Connor
Judicial activism
Judicial restraint
Judicial review
Original intent
Stare decisis
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