AP GOV 7.txt

• author "me"
• tags "Judicial branch (evil spawn)"
• description ""
• fileName "AP GOV 7"
• freezingBlueDBID -1.0
• How many justices? Term?
• 9 and life

Picked by prez

Clarence Thomas- pres HW Bush- 1 on cons/ antonin scalia- prez reagan- 2 on cons/ samual alito jr- prez W bush- 3 on cons/ john g roberts- W Bush- 4 on cons

At least 4 justices of the SC must vote to see a case

Power of courts to review all acts of ther branches and states

Pay money

Go to jail

When prez picks someone for sc and goes to senators to ask about info on the person

Gives sentors too much say on who gets to be picked

• Friend of the court
• Third party to lawsuit who files a brief for the purpose of raising additional points in an attempt to influence a court's decision

Declare executive acts unconstitutional

Rule laws unconstitutional

Gets appealed from the lower courts

Takes a ton of time

Authority vested in a particular court to hear and decide the issues in any case

Can't overrule amendments

Burning the flag was legal as long as it's done safely

Reps/ senators can run as much as they want

Gave indigents right to councel

School segregation was unconst

Looking at past cases with similar topics to see how the decision was made

• Mandate requiring a prisinor be brought before a court to determine whether the gov has the right to continue detaining them
• People have the right to know what they are being accused with

• Request for the court to order up the records from a lower court to review a case
• Big court reviewing a small court action

People who interpret const how the Framers wrote it

Read const and interpret it how they feel