1. Chapter 11 Section 3

2. The Supreme Court Article III of the Constitution created the Supreme Court Supreme Court building located in D.C. Supreme Court has original and appellate jurisdiction

3. The Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction Cases involving reps. of foreign governments Certain cases in which a state is a party Appellate Jurisdiction Appealed from lower courts of appeals Fed district courts where an act of Congress was held unconstitutional Supreme Court may hear cases that are appeals from the highest court of a state if claims under federal law or the Constitution are involved

4. The Supreme Court 9 Justices 8 associate justices; 1 chief justice Chief-$181,000/year Associate-$173,000/year Congress set salaries and may impeach

5. The Supreme Court Main duty of justices: hear and rule on cases 3 decision making tasks Deciding which cases to hear Deciding the cases Explanation for decisions—court’s opinion

6. The Supreme Court Chief Preside over sessions and conferences of cases being discussed Leadership role and helps administer federal court

7. The Supreme Court One Supreme Court justice is assigned to each federal circuit Justices are responsible for requests for special legislations that come from their circuit Law clerks read all the appeals filed with the court and write names summarizing the key issues in each case, help prepare the court’s opinions

8. The Supreme Court Three women have served as justices Sandra Day O’Conner Ruth Bader Ginsberg Sonia Sotomayer 2 African Americans Thurgood Marshall Clarence Thomas

9. The Supreme Court Usually a president chooses justices from their own party whose beliefs are similar to their own Earl Warren court most liberal in U.S. history President receives help from attorney general and justice department for nominations