A* student notes for the new Politics A level (starting 2019). These notes cover the entire chapter of the Supreme Court with all the essential content, along with examples under the AQA and Edexcel specification. These notes address the structure, membership and importance of the US Supreme Court....
Key Topics: The Supreme Court
What is the structure of the federal courts?
What is the membership of the Supreme Court?
What is the judicial philosophy of the justices?
How does the appointment and confirmation process work?
What is the power of judicial review?
What is judicial activism?
How has the Supreme Court interpreted the Bill of Rights?
How has the Supreme Court influenced public policy?
How has the Supreme Court checked congressional power?
How has the Supreme Court checked presidential power?
What do these decisions tell us about the Supreme Court?
What are similarities and differences between the UK and US Supreme Court?
Structure of the federal courts:
The United States Supreme Court sits at the top of the federal judiciary. Initially there was only one
court, but in the Judiciary Act 1789, Congress set up a system of lower federal courts.
US Supreme Court
1 Court
US Court of Appeals
13 Circuits (12 Regional and 1 for the
Federal Circuit)
US District Courts
94 Districts, each with a Bankruptcy Court
and
US Court of International Trade
US Court of Federal Court
Below the Supreme Court there are 13 Courts of Appeal – known as Circuit Courts – and below them are
94 trial courts known as District Courts. Most federal cases begin in the District Courts. A case may be
appealed to a Circuit Court and then appealed to the Supreme Court. There is no right to hear a case.
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