In your Interactive Notebook Unit 2 Lesson 7

In your Interactive Notebook: Unit 2 - Lesson 7 Jurisdiction & Structure of Federal Judiciary Warm Up (In google doc): How does the Supreme Court interpret • List everything you know and protect the Constitution? about courts. ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY for lesson: • What makes the Supreme • Federal Jurisdiction, State Jurisdiction, Court different than other Original Jurisdiction, Appellate Jurisdiction courts? • Federal District Court; Federal Appeals LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION: • Court; Supreme Court Remand, Overturn, Uphold

In your Interactive Notebook: Unit 2 - Lesson 7 Jurisdiction & Structure of Federal Judiciary • Lesson 6 Performance Task: Write your own supreme court opinion for two cases we will study. For each: – – Describe the facts of the case & identify the constitutional arguments made by each side. What part of the Constitution does the Court have to interpret? Evaluate each argument made & indicate what you believe are the strongest arguments on each side. Write 2 -4 sentence opinion explaining how you would rule in the case if you were a supreme court justice. Your opinion should indicates the part(s) of the constitution that helped you make up your mind. Indicate whether your point of view is consistent with the Majority or Dissenting opinion issued in the case by the actual Supreme Court. • Class Website: – www. mrggcivivcs. weebly. com DEADLINES & HOMEWORK: • Test Corrections: By Wed 2/18 • Performance Task Deadlines: – – • Vocab Quizzes – – – • Lessson 2: Today (start of class) Lesson 3: Today (End of class) Lesson 4: Due Now Lesson 5: Due tomorrow Lesson 2 Lessons 3 -5: Lessons 6 -7: Today Unit 2 A Test: next class

Article 3 -Judicial Branch in a Flash: 1. Read annotate the handout 2. Do page 1 of the worksheet when done.

True or False… 1. The Supreme Court is a trial court. F 2. There is only one judge in a trial court. T 3. The Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law. T 4. When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court. F 5. A jury decides the case in a bench trial. F 6. The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it. F 7. If you break a state law, your case will probably be in a state court system. T 8. The Supreme Court’s power to decide if something is constitutional is called judicial review. T 9. It would be easy to prove a case without evidence. F 10. If the Court of Appeals remands a case, that means the court says the verdict was right. F 11. The federal court system was created by Congress. T 12. State court systems were created by the Constitution of the United States. F 13. When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an appeal. T 14. When the Court of Appeals affirms a case, it sends the case back to the trial court. F 15. The Supreme Court gets the last word about what the Constitution really says. T

“Judicial Department in a Flash” • Discussion prompts: – What is the major difference between district courts and courts of appeals? – What does it mean if an appeals court overturns/upholds/remands a decision made by a lower court?

Jurisdiction • Original Jurisdiction – First court to hear a case • Appellate Jurisdiction – Court reviews the decision of a lower court

Original v. Apellate Jurisdiction • District Courts – ORIGINAL Jurisdiction • First Federal court to hear a case (it might have already been to a state level court) – Trier of facts – all evidence is considered in district courts • Appeals Courts – Appellate jurisdiction • Only reviews cases already decided at district level – Constitutional issues: • Were the rights of the accused violated by police or the district court? • Was the trial fair at the district level? • Did the District court properly apply legal precedent?

State v. Federal Jurisdiction State Federal • Most crimes • Most civil cases • • Constitutional issues Federal law Disputes between states Dispute between citizens from different states • Dispute about Federal treaties • If the Federal government sues you

The State Courts Most cases are handled by State Courts and never reach the Federal Judiciary

The Federal Courts Federal District Court Trial court • Evidence presented for 1 st time • Bench Trials (ONE judge only) • Jury Trials Original jurisdiction: • • Bank robbery Counterfeiting Mail fraud Kidnapping Civil rights abuses Federal Appeals Courts • Appellate jurisdiction – Reviews rulings by lower courts: • Federal District court • State Courts – 3 judge panels decide cases • NO JURIES • No new evidence presented – Focus is on wither the constitution and laws were followed correctly

Courts of Appeals • 3 outcomes in the Court of Appeals 1. Uphold the District Court ruling • District court was correct; no action taken. 2. Reverse the District Court ruling • District court was wrong • Appeals court changes the decision 3. Remand to the District Court • Sends it back to lower court for a do-over

The United States Supreme Court • Hears very few cases • at least 4 justices must vote to hear the case. • If Supreme Court does not agree to hear a case, the lower court ruling stands

The U. S. Supreme Court • Appellate Jurisdiction – Cases already argued in the Federal appeals court – Some cases appealed directly from district court – Cases appealed from Supreme Court of a state if that case involves Federal law or the constitution • Original Jurisdiction – Cases involving foreign diplomats – Cases involving conflicts between two states

Bingo 1. Create your bingo grid 2. As each term is called off, cross it off and make sure your vocab card in your envelope of terms is correct

Question A B When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is Civil Criminal If you appeal a case, you are going to Appellate court Trial court The court that gets to decide what is constitutional Supreme Court of appeals If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it will Affirm the decision Reverse the decision If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a Jury trial Bench trial A word that means ―relating to the rights of citizens‖ Criminal Civil The Supreme Court has Three justices Nine justices If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it has Affirmed the case Remanded the case If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will see Three judges One judge The decision in a case is called the Evidence Verdict If you break a law of the United States, your case will probably be in Federal court State court At trial, lawyers try to prove their case using An appeal Evidence State courts were created by US Constitution State constitutions

Vocabulary Quiz • In Powerschool, open schoolnet – Find Quiz CEU 2 Q 7 • Check List for EXAM TOMORROW: q All My performance tasks are submitted q My Review Packet is complete q I have studied and am comfortable with the vocabulary for each lesson of this unit

Jeopardy Review Game