Does your state court system feel oddly similar to our federal one? Chances are it does, but there may still be some differences. In this lesson, students learn how our country came to have a dual court system and explore how the state and federal levels of that system work. But wait, there's more! Reinforce key concepts using our Kahoot! Trial Court Simulation. Did Cellar breach the contract? Or was there no contract to begin with? Let students decide in this scripted trial simulation.
Judicial Review. If Marbury was right, then why didn't he get the writ? Find out how the Supreme Court got the power to decide what is constitutional, and what the Court can do with that power. You Be the Judge Simulation. What does a Supreme Court justice really do? How do they make their decisions? What better way to find out than by trying it yourself! Opinions, opinions, opinions! Learn about the types of Supreme Court opinions and the influence of legal precedent.
Learn about the judicial philosophies of activism and restraint. In the second half of the lesson, students learn about opinion journalsim and explore criteria through which they can evaluate news-related opinion pieces. See how it all fits together!
There are also lower courts. Disagreements and trials may start in the lower courts. These lower courts are called federal district courts. There are federal district courts in every state and in the District of Columbia. If someone loses a case in the federal district court, he can try to have the decision changed by taking his case to a higher court called the Circuit Court of Appeals. If he loses there, too, he may be able to take his case to the final judges-- the Supreme Court in Washington D.
Below that, 94 federal judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has its own court of appeals. Over the years, the Supreme Court has issued controversial verdicts in a number of milestone cases, including:. Sandford — The Court ruled that a slave was not a citizen, and that Congress could not outlaw slavery in U.
Civil War. Arizona — The Court ruled that police must inform criminal suspects of their rights before questioning them. Connecticut protected by the 14th Amendment. Bush winning the election over Vice President Al Gore. The Judicial Branch, WhiteHouse. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. The legislative branch of the federal government, composed primarily of the U.
The members of the two houses of Congress—the House of Representatives and the Senate—are elected by the citizens of the United States. The executive branch is one of three primary parts of the U. The president of the United States is the chief of the executive branch, which also The three branches of the U. According to the doctrine of separation of powers, the U. Constitution distributed the power of the federal government among these three branches, and built a system of checks and The system of checks and balances in government was developed to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful.
The framers of the U. Constitution built a system that divides power between the three branches of the U. First established in , the FBI has often been criticized for violating the civil rights of Established by the U. Constitution, the Supreme Court has the ultimate jurisdiction over all laws within the United States and is
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