POLI 001 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - United States Constitution, United States Congress, Supreme Court Of The United States
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Supreme court strives to achieve just balance among values of freedom, order, and equality. The constitution says little about the supreme court. The constitution established one supreme court but left it to congress to decide the structure of the federal judiciary. Each state (and the district of columbia) has its own court system. The jurisdiction of both handles/resolves the vast majority of legal disputes. Original jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear a case before any other for the. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. Appellate jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear cases that have been tried, decided, or reexamined in other courts. The judicial power of the us, shall be vested in one supreme court . The actual power of the sc rests elsewhere
