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Judicial Power

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show established a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and five Associated Justices. District and circuit courts were created.  
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show appointed as first Chief Justice  
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Term of Office for Federal Judges   show
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show No.  
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show judges are free from pressures that could threaten their status and possibly influence their judgment  
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show arising under the Constitution & laws of Congress; affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, & consuls; of admiralty & maritime jurisdiction; between citizens of different states; between a state/citizen and foreign states/citizens; involve U.S party  
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original jurisdiction   show
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What are cases of original jurisdiction?   show
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show Extremely rare. Troubles involving diplomats practically never get into our courts.  
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show a higher jurisidiction than the court rendering the decision in question  
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show Congress could drastically modify the jurisidiction of the courts in all appellate cases.  
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show No  
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show The Supreme Court  
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show treaston against the U.S. consist only in levying war against it or giving the enemy aid and comfort  
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show Pres. appoints members to the SC with approval of the Senate. Pres. naturally appoints a member of his own party. But it has been shown that appointees tend to be independent in thought and action  
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Legislative check on the Supreme Court   show
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show In 1894 Supreme Court declared a federal income-tax law unconstitutional, and Congress proposed the Income Tax Amendment in 1913  
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show House of Rep. can impeach and Senate can try a member of the Supreme Court. This does not influence the Court.  
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Checks exercised by the Supreme Court   show
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show In 1952, Pres. Truman ordered gov. seizure of the steel companies in a strike situation, which he claimed to be a national emergency. SC invalidated the order and declared that there is no such thing as emergency powers of Pres.  
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