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  • Structure of the Federal Court System
    • SCOTUS
    • Appeal Courts
    • District Courts
  • Article III

    Section I: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
  • Federalist 78: 'The independence of the judicial branch created a protective wall around its power
    Achieved by the lifetime appointments of their judges
    Protected the judges from political pressure
    Can focus on the constitutional interpretation of laws'.
  • Judicial review

    • The Court's power is its exercise of judicial review
    • Determines the constitutionality of laws
    • Marbury v. Madison (1803): Established the precedent of judicial review for SCOTUS
    • Judicial review serves as a checking power for the other branches