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Unit 6: Judicial Branch. Origins of our Legal System Article III Federalist 78 Judiciary Act of 1789.

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1 Unit 6: Judicial Branch

2 Origins of our Legal System Article III Federalist 78 Judiciary Act of 1789

3 Organization of the Court System

4 District Courts: minimum of one per state Circuit Courts: 12 total Supreme Court: just 1

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6 Participants in the Legal System Criminal vs. Civil Law Players in the Judicial System

7 Judicial Selection @lower court @upper court

8 Policy Making and the Court What role does the Court play in policymaking? Limits on judicial power: Internal Institutional Constraints External Institutional Constraints Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint

9 Solicitor General David Verrilli

10 The Judicial Process How does a case make it to the SCOTUS?

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