Do You Have What it Takes?
The Judicial Branch
Who is in it?
The Supreme Court is apart of the Judicial Branch
How can you become a member?
The President would nominate you and you would be confirmed by the Senate
What would you hear about?
Appellate Jurisdiction
- only hear cases involving the Constitution
- ask to have the case heard again
- to appeal
- do not decide innocence of guilt
Original Jurisdiction
- goes directly to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court
Justice John G. Roberts
Chief Justice
Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Antonin Scalia
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Justice Samuel Anthony Alito
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Elena Kagan
Sources:
"Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court." Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2015.
"The Judicial Branch." The White House. The White House, n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2015.
Examples of Cases
Cases
- conflict of law
- great public importance
- cases lower courts ignore
- an area of law is unsettled