Chapter Fourteen: The Courts

National Judicial Supremacy

Judicial Review and Other Branches
Judicial Review of State Government
The Exercise of Judicial Review

The Organization Of Courts

Some Court Fundamentals

Criminal and Civil Cases
Procedures and Policymaking

The U.S. District Courts

Sources of Litigation

The U.S. Courts of Appeals

Appellate Court Proceedings
Precedents and Making Decisions
Uniformity of Law

The Supreme Court

Access to the Court
The Solicitor General
Decision Making
Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism

Judgement and Argument
The Opinion

Strategies on the Court
The Chief Justice

Judicial Recruitment

The Appointment of Federal Judges

The "Advice and Consent" of the Senate
The American Bar Association

Recent Presidents and the Federal Judiciary
Appointment to the Supreme Court

The Consequences Of Judicial Decisions

Supreme Court Rulings: Implementation and Impact
Public Opinion and the Supreme Court

The Courts and Models of Democracy