Unit VI Lesson 1
The American Dual Court System
Essential Question:
• What are the basic civil rights and liberties of Americans?
• How have significant decisions of the Supreme Court affected our basic rights?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of court decisions as instruments of social change?
Separation of Powers
Unit I
More than just
1,300 State and Federal Courts in the
U.S.
Federalism
Federal State
FEDERAL COURTS are responsible for cases involving: *Violations of federal law
Immigration Offenses
Acts of Terrorism Against the U.S. Government
Assassination of a Federal Official
Counterfeiting
FederalCourts
FederalCourts
*Civil suits against the United States FederalCourt
Executive Order 9066
FederalCourt
$1.6 Billion Dollars
Civil
*Civil suits involving two or more states
FederalCourt
Boundary Dispute, Water Rights, Trade Agreements
FederalCourt
*Cases involving the Constitutional rights of American citizens
FederalCourt
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
FREEDOM OF PETITION
THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
DUE PROCESS RIGHTS
THE RIGHT TO OWN PRIVATE PROPERTYFederalCourt s
FederalCourt
1954
Federal State
2%
98%
“What Kind Of Stuff?”
Burglary Assault
KidnappingTraffic
Violations
StateCourts
*Violations of STATE law
StateCourts
*Civil
cases among STATE
residents or lawsuits against a STATE
98%2%
*Cases involving the
Georgia Constitution
Federal State“Dual Court System”
Federalism
The United States has a court system at both the federal and state level which is
known as:
A. Criminal Court System
B. Appeals System
C. Dual Court System
D. Bicameral System
Federal State
Gage was charged with homicide for
shooting and killing his brother with a shotgun during a
hunting trip
Zorida sued Toyota after an engine fire
destroyed her car and left her with several
second degree burns
Gainesville City Schools sued the Obama
Administration for failure to pay a national grant it
promised underperforming schools
Abner was charged with intention to perform a
terrorist act after he was apprehended outside the
U.S. Court House in Atlanta with 20 pounds of C-4 in his
backpack