judicial power

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judicial power

• USA
  • extent
  • court system
    • the Supreme Court
      • FUNCTION
        • review cases asising under the constitution, the laws of United States and treaties
        • the court of final appeal
      • sources of the cases
        • all cases affecting ambassadors,other public ministers and consults, and those in which a state shall be a party(shall have original jurisdiction)
      • comprised of
        • the chief justice
        • eight associate justices
        • nominated by president,confirmed by congress
      • discretionary power
      • justice
        • numer
          • 9 since 1869
        • life tenure
        • nominated by president
        • confirmed by senate(参议院）
        • accept legal briefs from
          • the parties to the case
          • amicus cuiae(friends of the courts)
      • certiorari(调卷令）
        • 4/9 justice pass→hear the case
          • less than 1%
    • the federal courts (the hierachical system)
      • TYPE
        • Courts of Appeal
          • TYPE
            • 12 regional circuit courts of appeals
            • 1 U.S. court of appeals for the federal circuit
          • FUNCTION
            • determine whether or not the law was applied correctly in the trial court
        • Federal District Courts
          • sources of the cases
            • fedral jurisdiction
            • diversity jurisdiction
          • type
            • 94 U.S. district courts
            • 3 special trial courts
              • U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
        • Special Jurisdiction
      • FUNCTION
  • the judicial process
  • proceedings
    • criminal proceedings
    • civil proceedings
  • Appeal
  • court structure
    • the federal court system
    • the state court system
    • refer to the notes