Judicial Branch

Judicial

________ review The Supreme Court can decide if a law proposed by the Legislative branch is unconstitutional and can cancel it.

Judicial branch

The ________ makes sure everyone is treated the same (equal justice under law) every person has the right to a lawyer and a public trial and are innocent until proven guilty, everyone is treated the same Innocent until proven guilty Right to a lawyer.

Officials

________- Judges, jury, justices, supreme justices- witnesses and lawyers- there are only juries for district courts.

Eveyone

________ accused of breaking the law is innocent until proven guilty.

Everyone

What is innocent until proven guilty? Answer with a single words or term.

Abuse of Power

________- If you are poor you will not have access to the same resources or lawyers if you are involved in a case because even though you´re given a public lawyer it´s not as good as a private expensive lawyer.

Institutions

________- District court, appeals court, Supreme court.

Judges

________ can have personal prejudices.

Courts

________ use the law to settle civil suits and to decide guilt or innocence of people who committed crimes.

Supreme Court justices number

________ is set by Congress.

Appointed for life

Popular sovereignty, justices are appointed for life so they can protect the law without bias

Popular sovereignty

Everyone is equal under the law, everyone has the right to a lawyer and a public trial

Process of the courts

The case starts in the district courts and is decided there with a jury and a judge. If a lawyer wants it appealed they can send it to the appeals court who will retry the case, and explain why they came to their decision. After that if it´s undecided it can go to the Supreme Court.

Original jurisdiction

The district courts get