POL 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thurgood Marshall, United States District Court, Mandamus

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 313
• Professor: Sylvia Thompson

Document Summary

Each state has its own court system, nothing to do with federal court system. Looked at state courts when writing the constitution. Were used to dependent and weak courts when writing the constitution. Did not see elected judges, were always appointed. Judicial qualifications: have to have good behavior, no age requirement, no residency requirement, person did not have to be a citizen (did not say), no property requirement, did not have to be an attorney. In england, had to be native born to be a judge at this time. Attorneys at this time learned through apprenticeship. Washington said he chose the justices based on that he expected they loved the constitution: not politically related, appointed 6 supreme court justices. Washington never said he was part of a political party: assumed to be that he was part of the federalist party.