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American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship
Chapter SixteenJudiciary
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Chapter Sixteen: Learning Objectives
• Explain why courts are so influential in the United States
• Describe the argument for judicial review, a power not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution
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Chapter Sixteen: Learning Objectives
• Describe the structure and functioning of the federal court system
• Explain how the Supreme Court hears and decides cases
• Explain how the federal courts determine what kinds of cases they will hear
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Chapter Sixteen: Learning Objectives
• Summarize how the Supreme Court has affected government and politics throughout American history
• Describe the key issues and arguments in the debate over judicial activism
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Chapter Sixteen: Learning Objectives
• Explain how the American people or their elected officials have tried to check the power of the federal courts
• Discuss how the Supreme Court contributes to deliberative democracy in the United States
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Introduction
Why are the courts so influential?
Because judges exercise judicial review
Should justices practice judicial activism or follow strict construction by looking at the original intent of the founding fathers?
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Introduction
Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Constitutional and Legal Foundations:The Case for an Independent Judiciary
As Montesquieu argued, courts need to be independent of legislatures and executives if the lives and property of citizens were to be secure.
While in the Articles of Confederation, there was no separate judiciary; the Constitution corrected that.
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Constitutional and Legal Foundations:Constitution of 1787
Article III of the Constitution set forth an independent federal judiciary.
The federal judiciary has both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.
Franz Jantzen, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Constitutional and Legal Foundations:Judiciary Act of 1789
Judiciary Act of 1789
• Established district courts (U.S. District Courts)
• Established circuit courts (U.S. Courts of Appeal)
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Constitutional and Legal Foundations:Judiciary Act of 1789
Source: www.law.syr.edu/media/documents/2008/2/IntroCourts.pdf, accessed August 7, 2009.
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Constitutional and Legal Foundations:Judicial Review
The practice of judicial review by the Supreme Court began with Marbury v. Madison (1803).
The use of judicial review has been controversial throughout American history.
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Constitutional and Legal Foundations:Trial by Jury
Trial by jury is another important principle of the American legal system.
In Article III, trial by jury is guaranteed in federal criminal cases and the Seventh Amendment extends that right to federal civil cases.
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Federal court system structure
1. District Courts
2. Courts of Appeal
3. Supreme Court
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
District Courts
• Trial courts that hear criminal and civil cases
• Federal prosecutor is the United States Attorney
• Plaintiff brings the suit, defendant is one sued
• Charges proved beyond a reasonable doubt
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Myths and Misinformation
The Meaning of “beyond a reasonable doubt”
These words are not in the Constitution, but construed as an important element of due process.
What does that concept really mean?
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Courts of Appeal
• Hear cases on appeal from district courts
• Appellant files brief, states legal error
• Appellee files brief, defends lower court decision
• Oral arguments held before judges
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Supreme Court
• Nine justices on the Court (number set in 1869)
• Led by chief justice
• No constitutional requirements to be a justice
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Supreme Court
• Hears cases on appeal by a writ of certiorari
• Rule of four to determine which cases to hear
• Amicus curiae briefs are one way for the Court to be influenced by outside parties
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Supreme Court decisions
• Opinion of the Court• Majority opinion• Dissenting opinion• Concurring opinion
When drafting decisions, justices rely on precedents and case law.
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International Perspectives
The International Criminal Court
The ICC was created to prosecute “genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.”
Over 100 nations have ratified the treaty that established the ICC, but not the U.S.
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Special courts
These courts have been created to deal with issues such as bankruptcy, international trade and customs and claims against the United States.
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The Structure and Functioning of the Federal Court System
Determining if a controversy exists requires considering four characteristics
1. Standing2. Ripeness3. Mootness4. Political questions
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The Courts and American Politics
How has the Supreme Court influenced American politics throughout its history?
• The foundations for national power
• Race and reconstruction
• Limiting the power of the government to regulate the economy
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The Courts and American Politics
How has the Supreme Court influenced American politics throughout its history?
• Deferring to the political branches on economic matters
• The rights revolution
• The expansion of the remedial powers
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The Courts and American Politics
How has the Supreme Court influenced American politics throughout its history?
• The growing importance of state supreme courts
• The courts and the 2000 presidential election
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The Continuing Debate Over Judicial Activism
How much should the Supreme Court influence public policy?
Should the modern Court base its constitutional interpretations on the “original intent,” or “original meaning,” of the Constitution?
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The Continuing Debate Over Judicial Activism
The debate at the founding
• Concerns over Court’s ability to interpret Constitution
• Judiciary was developed to be too weak to encroach on legislative power
• Legislature could impeach and remove judges
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The Continuing Debate Over Judicial Activism
The debate recurs
• Opposition to power of judicial review continued
• Challenge to national supremacy upheld by Court
• Court set forth its own ideas about economic
policy and segregation issues
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The Continuing Debate Over Judicial Activism
The modern debate
• Concern that justices relying on “extra-constitutional values”
• Desire by some for justices to practice theory of originalism
• Debate over original intent and original meaning
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Checking the Courts
Justices are encouraged to exercise judicial self-restraint.
How do judges exercise restraint?
• Through the cases they choose to hear
• Through practice of stare decisis
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Checking the Courts
Seven ways courts have been checked
1. Revising the laws
2. Amending the Constitution
3. Limiting the jurisdiction of the courts
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Checking the Courts
Seven ways courts have been checked
4. Changing the size of the Supreme Court
5. Impeaching and removing judges
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Checking the Courts
Seven ways courts have been checked
6. Refusing to enforce judicial decisions
7. Choosing certain kinds of judges
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The Supreme Court and Deliberative Democracy
Judges put a lot of effort into their decisions which inform the political deliberations of the nation.
Justices must use reason and logic to influence other political actors.
Theodor Horydczak, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
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The Supreme Court and Deliberative Democracy
How are the courts different?
• Courts do not represent public opinion
• Justices typically have less expertise than other branches in specific policy areas
• Courts don’t decide how to achieve common good through broad policy judgments
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Deliberation, Citizenship, and You
Empathy and the task of judging
Should empathy or compassion be qualities we seek in judges?
Why or why not?
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Summary
• Through judicial review, courts have an significant impact on many issues
• Federal judiciary insulated from politics
• Few cases reach the Supreme Court
• Courts may influence deliberative democracy through opinions