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4/21 MONDAY
………….. WELCOME BACK
“Bureaucracy is the art of making the
possible impossible.” ~ Javier Pascal Salcedo
Examine this quote by
recalling what you learned
about our large federal
bureaucracy.
 Notes p32
 Define terms in Chp. 8
& show me (also 7…)
 Executive Branch Test
Tomorrow!
LOWER FEDERAL COURTS
Pg 32
Court Systems
-Two Separate Court Systems
1. Federal
2. State
Two kinds of court cases
1. Civil–
•Helps settle disagreements b/w
people
•civil court is b/w 2 or more parties
(people, organizations, companies,
or gov’t)
2. Criminal•Court that determines whether a
person accused of breaking a law is
innocent or guilty.
•Civil- plaintiff and
defendant
•Criminal-prosecution
and defense
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction- the authority to hear
a case in dispute
-1. Original Jurisdiction
-this belongs to the court which
has the initial authority to hear a
case
-2. Exclusive Jurisdiction
-means that jurisdiction belongs
to only one court
-3. Concurrent Jurisdiction
-this means that a case can be
heard in one of several courts
DIRECTIONS: P 32
1. Number the boxes starting with constitution, federal law, maritime, disputes
involving U.S. government, etc…
2. Label the top of page: Types of cases heard in Federal court!
Constitution
Cases that raise
constitutional issues
**anything dealing with the
constitution (mostly bill of
rights)
Example-
•Issue of violation of first
amendment
•Search and seized w/o
permission or warrant
•These would be heard in
FEDERAL COURT
Federal Law
Cases dealing with the
breaking of federal laws
-Example–
Cases involving murder,
kidnapping, drug trafficking,
treason, etc…
Treason– only crime defined
in Constitution!!!!!!!
Go against country; helping
plan attack, harboring
terrorists, helping spies or
being a spy
Maritime Laws
Cases involving American ships at sea
Art. 1 sec 8 discusses naval matters
as a part of federal law
-Example
-- ship wrecks, drugs on board, etc…
Disputes involving the U.S.
Government
-Example—cases
where
federal government
(US gov’t) is involved
If you sue gov’t… it
would be heard here
Controversies between states
-Example2 states suing each other over the
use of a river
Disputes between citizens of
different states
-Example
Disagreements b/w people
from different states
when more than $75,000
is in dispute
North Carolina citizen
South Carolina citizen
Disputes involving Different
governments
-
Example
Diff levels of gov’t
suing eachother
County vs state
Cases involving U.S. Officials in
Foreign Nations
-Example
Where ambassadors and
other foreign
representatives are
involved
US Embassy in Prague