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THE STATE JUDICIAL COURT SYSTEM 2
Introduction
The judicial system in the United States interprets the meaning of the laws, applies the
law to individuals depending on the case forwarded and then decides whether the laws have
violated the constitution or not. The courts are divided into two; the supreme courts and the
federal courts. The Supreme Court is considered to be the highest level of court in US, thus the
Justices of the Supreme Court are nominated by the president and approved by the senate. The
court comprises of nine members. These are the Chief Justice and eight Associate justices. In the
view of current constitution, there is a one associate justice vacancy and therefore a minimum of
six justices are required to make a case. An even number of Justices as well as a case always
result in a tie, which further lowers the court‘s decision stands. Justices have no fixed term they
serve all their lifetime apart from death, retirement or removal in exceptional circumstances.
During the appointment for the Supreme Court justices and other federal judgeships a
basic procedure is followed. First the president nominates a person to fill the empty judgeship,
the Senate Judiciary Committee then holds a hearing on the nominated candidate and votes on
whether to forward the nomination to the full Senate. Thirdly if the nomination moves to the next
step the Senate debates over the nomination of which the debate ends before the senate can vote
on confirmation of the nominee. A senate will then request agreement consent to end the debate
though any senator can refuse. The senate must pass a cloture motion to end the debate without
unanimous consent which requires a simple majority of fifty one votes to pass. When the debate
ends and the senate votes on confirmation, only 51 votes are required to confirm the nominated
candidate for Supreme Court or the other federal judgeship.

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Running head: THE STATE JUDICIAL COURT SYSTEM The state judicial court system Title Name Professor Course Date 1 THE STATE JUDICIAL COURT SYSTEM 2 Introduction The judicial system in the United States interprets the meaning of the laws, applies the law to individuals depending on the case forwarded and then decides whether the laws have violated the constitution or not. The courts are divided into two; the supreme courts and the federal courts. The Supreme Court is considered to be the highest level of court in US, thus the Justices of the Supreme Court are nominated by the president and approved by the senate. The court comprises of nine members. These are the Chief Justice and eight Associate justices. In the view of current constitution, there is a one associate justice vacancy and therefore a minimum of six justices are required to make a case. An even number of Justices as well as a case always result in a tie, which further lowers the court‘s decision stands. Justices have no fixed term they serve all their lifetime apart from death, retirement or removal in exceptional circumstances. During the appointment for the Supreme Court justices and other federal judgeships a basic procedure is followed. First the president nominates a person to fill the empty judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee then holds a hearing on the nominated candidate and votes on whether to forward the nomination to the full Senate. Thirdly if the nomination moves to the next step the Sen ...
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