JUDICIAL BRANCH

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JUDICIAL BRANCH
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JOB

• Interprets the laws
• Determines if they are constitutional or not

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The Supreme Court
Qualifications
No specific, but usually a judge from a lower
court
Term
Life ? so they are free from political pressure
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Leader

• Supreme Court
• 9 Justices

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Supreme Court Justices

• John Roberts (2005 by GWB) ? Chief Justice (59)
• Antonin Scalia (1986 by Reagan Age ? 78)
• Anthony Kennedy (1988 by Reagan Age ? 78)
• Clarence Thomas (1991 by Bush Age ? 66)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993 by Clinton Age ? 81)
• Stephen Breyer (1994 by Clinton Age ? 76)
• Samuel Alito (2006 by G.W. Bush Age ? 64)
• Sonia Sotomayor (2009 by Obama Age ? 60)
• Elena Kaegan (2010 By Obama Age ? 54)

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Bader-Ginsberg
Scalia
Chief Justice Roberts
Alito
Kagan
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Kennedy
Breyer
Thomas
Sotomayor
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DUTIES

• JUDICIAL REVIEW
• Review laws Congress makes and determines if they
  are constitutional or not
• Gave themselves this power in the case Marbury v.
  Madison

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Unwritten Constitution

• Those things not specifically written in the
  Constitution but have become a part of our
  government through tradition

• Cabinet advises the President
• Judicial Review
• Political Parties
• Lobbyist (outside people hired to convince
  government officials to vote a certain way)
• PACs (Political Action Committees) influence
  by donating to political campaigns