Judicial branch 2

• There are 8 Associate Justices, plus the chief justice 9
• There are 13 circuits
• The 6th amendment guarantees a fair and speedy trial
• Federal judges are appointed by the president
• The U.S. appellate court makes final decisions that cannot be appealed
• The district court is the lowest federal court
• The appeals courts has 3 judges and no jury
• the term of a federal judge is for life
• Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagen, and Ketanji B. Jackson are the only Liberal leaning supreme court justices
• Judicial Activism is the practice of judges making decisions based on their views rather than previous decisions
• Judicial restraint is when judges follow a strict interpretation of the constitution