ARTICLE IIIJudicial Branch

SECTION ONE ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Congress power to create _________________

_______________to help do its job Judiciary Act 1789 creates courts to help Supreme

Court Judges appointed _______________________ _____________________________________

Keep Judicial branch ___________________ and free from political pressure

SECTION TWO (Clauses One and Two)

JURISDICTION: __________________________

(What kinds of cases can Court hear?)

1. _________Jurisdiction: cases between states, or involving ambassadors, consuls or other foreign diplomats (less than 10-15 year)

2. Appellate Jurisdiction: ___________________ ____________________________________

To correct mistakes made by lower courts, the states, the President and/or Congress

Court will only hear cases concerning violations of the Constitution (like……)

A mistake during trial that violates citizens civil liberties like not getting a lawyer to represent you at trial

Action by the President that misinterprets “Executive Power” like Nixon w/Watergate Tapes and Executive Privilege

Clause Three: ________________________________________________

except cases of impeachment

(trial heard by Senate)

SECTION THREE:

Defines treasonRequires _____ witnesses or _______

Gives Congress power to determine punishment for treason

Cannot punish families of those convicted

“corruption of blood”

Judicial Power defined by Supreme Court itself in the case of

MARBURY v. MADISON (1803) 1st time Supreme Court found an act (law)

passed by Congress to be ___________________________. Part of Judiciary Act 1789 which established

_____________________________________ Gave Supreme Court additional jurisdiction

(power not included in Constitution) Court gets its power from Constitution and can

only change by amendment. JUDICIAL REVIEW:_______________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

Two ways Justices can interpret Constitution:

1. Broadly ____________________________________________________________

_______________

2. Narrowly _____________________________________________

_______________

Constitutional Issues 1. Equal Protection of Law (14th Amdt.)2. Due Process of Law (5th & 14th Amdts.)3. Right to Privacy (9th)4. Civil Liberties (lawyer/6th; no self-incrimination/5th; search &

seizure/4th; speech, press, assembly/1st)5. Right to Property (5th)6. Federalism: States Rights (10th Amdt.) v. National Supremacy

(Article VI)7. Voting Rights8. Separation of Powers9. Executive Power10. Commerce Clause (interstate commerce)11. Etc., etc., etc.,

……………………………………………………………………………