Name______________________________________________ Date___________

ARTICLE III: The ___________________________________ Branch

Introduction

1. What is the main focus of Article III?

2. In one sentence, summarize the main function of the judicial branch.

3. In Article III, who was given the power to make decisions in legal cases?

4. Who establishes lower courts as they are needed?

Qualifications/Term for Supreme Court Justices

1. Minimum Age Requirement:

2. Citizenship Requirements:

3. Residency Requirements:

4. Term of Office:

Duties/Responsibilities/Powers

1. Supreme Court justices must ________________________________ laws.

2. The Supreme Court is mostly an ___________________________________ court that hears appeals and reviews cases.

3. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls and other states, the U.S. Supreme Court has ___________________________________ jurisdiction.

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