Supreme Court

							Supreme Court

         Article III
Supreme Court Justice
   Term=Life
   Salary
       Associate Justice= Approx $173,000
       Chief Justice= Approx $180,000
   Impeached for high crimes/treason
Powers of Federal Court
   Jurisdiction: State & Federal Laws
       Ambassadors, 2 or more state Gov’ts, US
        Gov’t, citizens and foreign country
   Original Jurisdiction
       Appellate Jurisdiction
   Due Process: 14th Amendment
       Equal protection
Constitutional Courts
   Federal District Courts- criminal & civil
       Grand Jury
            Indictment
       Petite Jury: 6-12 members
   Federal Court of Appeals
       13 courts
       12 judicial circuits
Legislative Court
   US Claims Court- money damages
   US Tax Court- IRS and Treasury
   Court of Military Appeals- military laws
   Territorial Courts- civil & criminal in
    Guam, VI, PR
   Court of DC
   Court of Veterans Affairs
Supreme Court

         Process
Article III
   Court Justices
       1 Chief Justice
       8 Associate Justice
   Cases
       Writ of Certiorari- SC orders up case
       Appeal- appeals courts
       Very few make it to SC
Process at the SC
   Submit Briefs
   Oral Arguments
       30 minutes per side
   Conferences- Fridays
   Opinions-Decisions
       Majority Opinion
       Dissenting Opinion
Public Policy
   Judicial Review
   Stare Decisis
       Precedents
Major Cases
   Miranda v. Arizona 1966
   Roe v. Wade 1973
   Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
    1954
   Mapp v. Ohio 1961
       Search and Seizure
   Gideon v. Wainwright 1963
   US v. Nixon 1974