Article III

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Article III

• The Judicial Branch

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Section I

• Interpreter of Laws
• Judicial Power is the power of federal courts to
  hear and decide cases
• Judicial Review unelected judges have the power
  to overturn decisions of elected officials
• Creates the Supreme Court (and right to create
  lower courts- Art I, Sec. 8)
• Supreme Court is the Court of Last Resort
• 9 Justices in the Supreme Court
• Judges elected for life during good behavior
• Judicial Activism v. Judicial Restraint
• Strict v. Loose Contructionists

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Section II

• Defines the jurisdiction of federal courts and
  identifies cases that may be tried
• Original Jurisdiction vs. Appellate Jurisdiction
• Supreme Court Jurisdiction
• A person accused of crime is guaranteed a trial
  in the state that crime was committed
• Juries are essential to self-government

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Section III

• Treason is the only crime defined in the
  Constitution