The United States Supreme Court

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The United States Supreme Court

• The Court of Last Resort

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Article III of the Constitution

• 1 Supreme Court
• Life Tenure
• No Decrease in Salary
• Nominated by the President and Confirmed by the
  Senate
• Impeachable by Congress

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Life Tenure

• What can influence a Supreme Court Justice?

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Legal Influences

• Constraints of the Facts
• They can only respond to the facts of the
  case
• B. Constraints of the LawMust determine which
  laws are relevant

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Political Influences

• Outside Influences
• Forces of public opinion
• B. Inside Influences
• Personal beliefs and political attitudes

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Article III section 2

• Original Jurisdiction Conducts Trials
• Disputes between states
• Cases dealing with Ambassadors Diplomats

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Appellate Jurisdiction
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Judiciary Act of 1789

• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Reviews Earlier Decisions
• Has the authority to review cases from the lower
  courts. (Uphold or overturn)
• -Constitutional Issues
• -Great Social Impact

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Brown v. Board of Education
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Judiciary Act of 1789

• Est. Lower Court Structure
• (1) U.S. Supreme Court
• (13) Circuits or Court of Appeals
• (94) District Courts (Trial Courts)

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9 Supreme Court Justices

• 1 Chief and 8 Associates

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Justices

• Chief John Roberts (Conservative)
• John Paul Stevens (Liberal) (Elena Kagan)
• Antonin Scalia (Conservative)
• Anthony Kennedy (Centrist)
• Sonia Sotomayor (Liberal)
• Clarence Thomas (Conservative)
• Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Liberal)
• Stephen Beyer (Centrist)
• Samuel Alito (Conservative)

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Case Loads

• District Courts
• 550 Judges 267,000 Cases
• Court of Appeals
• 158 Judges 41,000 cases
• Supreme Court
• 9 Judges 4,500 case
• (200 Decisions) 1990 statistics

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