POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Alexander Bickel, En Banc, Virginia Slims Circuit
10 Jan 2019
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Legislative branch: power of the purse, will . Executive branch: power of sword, force . Judicial branch: judgment, dependent on executive. Section i: structure of the court system: we will have a supreme court and whatever court we need can decide by congress. Jurisdiction: authority of a court to hear a case. ), copy right) or involve with more than one state is listen in federal jurisdiction. State jurisdiction: crime, family, traffic, unless there is a reason for it to move to federal law. Original jurisdiction: a court is the power to hear a case for the first time. Appellate jurisdiction: when a higher court has the power to review a lower court"s decision. At least one court per state: 94 totals. About 670 judges, 1 judge per case. Ga is part of 11 now, but we use to be 5. 179 judges, hear cases in panels of 3.
