What does the Judical Branch of Government do?

Answer 1

The judicial branch of the US Government is its court system and its employees, including its judges. Within that system, legal cases are first tried at the lowest level (trial courts), and appeals of lower court decisions are heard at the next highest level (appellate courts). There is also one high court, which is the court of last resort, and which is the final authority for the interpretation of any law within its jurisdiction. The judicial branch of government interprets the law when new legal issues that require the interpretation of a given law arise in the course of a trial or an appeal.

The highest court in the US Federal system is the US Supreme Court, presided over by nine Justices, each of whom was nominated by a President and confirmed by Congress. The Supreme Court can send a federal law back to Congress for revision if the Court finds that the law violates the US Constitution. It can declare unconstitutional laws void, and it is the final interpreter of the US Constitution. When the Supreme Court interprets a Constitutional provision in a given way, their interpretation becomes "the law of the land" in the United States. In that way, the Supreme Court protects the freedoms guaranteed to Americans by the US Constitution. So, in effect, the US Constitution means whatever the US Supreme Court says it means.

US States and cities have their own separate judicial branches of government, but state and local courts may not contradict the Supreme Court regarding US Constitutional issues. A state court may interpret state law in a way that gives that state's residents more protection than does the US Constitution, but it cannot interpret the law in such as a way as to give residents lessprotection than the US Constitution requires.

Answer 2

They decides whether or not laws are constitutional