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What government body makes decisions about difficult legal questions?
The courts decide questions of law, which is the juducial branch. In the US, the highest court is the US Supreme Court.
What is the US Supreme Court's most important function with regard to the lower courts?
The US Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal
Does the US Supreme Court decide questions based upon stipulated facts that have been certified to it by lower courts?
Yes. As under appellate jurisdiction, US Supreme Court adjudicates questions of law and its application. The Court assumes facts established in the lower courts to be accurate and makes no judgment regarding evidence, guilt or innocence, or most procedural errors (unless the error results in violation of the petitioner's constitutional rights).
What supreme courts power to decide whether congressional laws were constiutional and down those that were not?
Judiciary Act of 1789
What does the Judicial Branch of the US Governent create?
The Judicial branch of our government is the Supreme Court and other federal courts. THey actually "create" nothing. Their job is to rule on the laws of this country, passed by the Legislative branch, according to the Constitution. They must decide if laws are constitutional.
What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
judges if laws and acts of the legislative and executive branches are constitutional
Who the gatekeeper is to the courts?
They decide whether cases go up to the supreme court or not in a court of appeals
The reason the courts of appeals are sometimes called gatekeepers is that?
they allow only the most controversial and significant cases past the "gate" to the Supreme Court.
Who has the authority to decide if the president's actions exceed the the powers of the executive branch?
supreme court
Which courts can decide if a law is unconstitutional?
In theory, any court can decide this, but only the decisions of the US Supreme Court are binding in regards to the US constitution (for State constitutions, the state's Supreme Court is generally the final arbiter... the US Supreme Court might rule that a particular provision in a state's constitution is not compatible with the US constitution, but usually will let the state court decide for itself in strictly internal matters.)
Supreme court justices decide if laws are?
Supreme court justices decide if laws are constitutional.
What court hears cases?
The Customs Court Act of 1980 replaced the old United States Customs Court with the United States Court of International Trade. The court is situated in New York City, NY, but is empowered to sit anywhere in the US, including foreign nations.
