Judicial Branch Analysis

1. Branches of the U.S. Government are as follows:

a) Executive - the President of the United States makes up the executive branch of the United States. He or she has the power to pass or veto a law put forth by congress. “A Chief Executive (the president) whose function is to execute or enforce the laws, and helps create a federal judiciary to interpret the laws”. Business Law, 16th edition, McGraw Hill. The President picks the justices for the supreme court, which can swing the constitution one way or the other, to the right or left.

b) Legislative – the Legislative Branch is made up of House Representatives and the Senate from Business Law, 16th edition, McGraw Hill. Each state elects 2 representatives to congress which make a total of 100 senators. The House Representatives make up the second half of the Legislative Branch, there are 435 representatives. They are

These 9 federal judges are appointed for lifetime terms. The Justices use the Constitution when interpreting the laws. The Justice’s process cases that only relate to the Constitution. The Supreme Court is the nation’s highest court, with each state having its own lower courts to handle federal cases. The article “Judicial Nominations” tells us that there are over 13 judicial circuits in the U.S. and 89 districts within those 13 judicial circuits.

2. Case Law - a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Caselaw. Case laws are prior cases that are used to guide judges on rule of current cases. An example of case law is a judicial decision from a previous case, such as Israel v. Carolina Bar-B-Que, Inc., which determined that a tree owner is liable for damages caused by his tree.