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What Does The Judicial Branch Do
What does the judicial branch do?
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The Constitution of the United States divides the government into three branches, the Executive (the President), the Legislative (Congress), and the Judicial. Of these three, the first two are elected and the third appointed. Unlike the other two branches, the Judicial one is intended to be technocratic, in the sense of containing experts in law, rather than merely popular and politically influenced. The purpose of the Judicial branch is to fulfill the mandate of the Constitution to the effect that every person has a right to a trial by jury in front of a competent judge. The Judicial Branch is comprised of the Supreme Court, United States district courts, and United States courts of appeals. All of these are Federal courts, and can make decisions concerning interpretation of the law that are binding on lower courts. They can rule on either criminal or civil cases, and normally hear those cases in which there is some question as to the interpretation of the relevant laws. Further Reading
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The Supreme Court is in charge of the judicial branch of government according the the US Constitution. They are in charge of interpreting the laws and the Constitution. Since the US Constitution is so difficult, there are justices that are selected to the Supreme Court who must analyze and interpret the Constitution.