1. The Judiciary Unit 6 Chapters 19, 20

2. Law Civil LawCriminal Law Participants ▫Plaintiff ▫Defendant Outcome ▫Damages ▫Injunction ▫Writ of Mandamus Participants ▫Prosecutor ▫Defendant Outcome ▫Criminal Penalty

3. Law Constitutional Law ▫Constitutionality of Law or Procedure ▫May be Civil or Criminal Legal Jurisdictions ▫State ▫Federal

4. Types of Jurisdiction Original Jurisdiction ▫Trial Court Appellate Jurisdiction ▫Appeal Cases Concurrent Jurisdiction

5. Criminal Legal Procedure Investigation ▫Due Process Indictment ▫Grand Jury Trial ▫Bench Trial ▫Jury Trial  Petit Jury Sentencing Appeals? ▫Aggrieved party ▫Violations of Due Process Juries ▫Voir Dire

6. American Legal Principals Due Process ▫Substantive ▫Procedural Equal Justice Under Law Adversarial System Presumption of Innocence

7. Federal Court Structure

8. The Courts District Courts Appeals Courts ▫Panels of Judges, large jurisdictions Customs Courts Legislative Courts ▫Claims Court ▫Tax Court ▫Military Appeals ▫Territorial Courts ▫DC Court ▫Veterans Courts Supreme Court

10. The Supreme Court 9 Justices ▫1 Chief Justice ▫8 Associate Justices Lifetime Appointments ▫Appointed by President ▫Approved by Senate “The Court of Last Resort”

11. Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction Federal Law/The Constitution Ambassadors 2 (or more) states ▫State vs. State (and more) ▫State 1 Citizen vs. State 2 Citizen ▫Citizen of one state vs. another state The Federal Government, Federal Agencies or Federal employees State/Citizens of State vs. foreign country/citizen of foreign country

12. Supreme Court Cases Appeal ▫Rule of 4 ▫Writ of Certiorari  Clerks ▫Pur Curium Opinions Briefs ▫Involved Parties ▫Amicus Curiae Briefs Oral Arguments The Conference Opinions ▫Majority ▫Concurring ▫Dissenting ▫Joined by…

13. Important Court Decisions Marbury v. Madison Ex Parte Milligan Lemon v. Kurtzman Miranda v. Arizona Roe v. Wade Gideon v. Wainwright Plessy v. Furegson Brown v. Board