america and arizona government for elementary teachers presentation 9: the courts
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America and Arizona Government for Elementary Teachers
Presentation 9: The Courts
Presentation Objectives
AEPA Objectives0011 Understand the structure, organization, and operation of
the federal government.
AZ Social Studies Standard, Strand 3
Concept 2: Structure of Government
Role of the Judiciary
Primary role is to adjudicate
Uphold the Rule of Law
Role of the Judiciary
Settle Disputes
Role of the Judiciary
Social Control Criminal proceedings Civil Dispute
settlements, punitive awards
Guarantee rights of minority groups
Judicial Review – adjudicating regarding the political system itself
Actors in Judiciary
Litigants Plaintiff and defendant
Standing to Sue
Actors in Judiciary
Attorneys Trained in law and rules of
procedure Maintain order by limiting
speaking rights
Jury
Actors in Judiciary
Judge Arbiter, Referee in
adversarial system Most appointed, some
elected
Judicial Appointment
It’s a political process Clarence Thomas
example Thurgood Marshall
example Judges campaign for
the position
Judge Robert Bork was an unsuccessful nominee of President Ronald Reagan
Judicial Appointment
Confirmation usually a rubber stamp, but not always Only 5 nominees rejected in
one hundred years More often the nomination
is withdrawn – Harriet Meyers example
Hard to predict behavior Composition of current court
George W. Bush and Harriet Miers
US Court System
Paths to the Supreme Court
Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison
Chief Justice John Marshall
Judicial Review
Activist v. Strict Constructionist views
Conclusion
Chilean Dictator Pinochet
Russian Supreme Court
Colombian Supreme Court
This Presentation
This presentation is courtesy of Brian Dille, Professor of Political Science at Mesa Community College.