Courts Systems Interview

Courts Systems Interview

Sandra M. Haynesworth

AJS/504

09-26-16

George Gallitano

Courts Systems Interview

The State court systems handles most cases and uses a three-tiered process consisting of a circuit or district court, court of appeals, and the state supreme court. The judicial branch is part of the United States government and includes the United States; federal court system. Federal courts are charged with interpreting the law, advising if laws are constitutional, and applying them to individual cases. The judicial branch is one of the three equal branches of the federal government; This three branch system was established by the constitution in order to prevent any single entity and government from have too much power; know in the United States as checks and balances. Judge Alexander what is your prospective on the checks and balances system or also referred to as “The Guardians of the Constitution” it enables the independent judiciary branches from having too much power. September 24, 1789 Federal judges having life tenure so they would be immune from political pressure. Do you think this gives federal judges a sense of ignorance knowing that they have the power to override decisions of other branches when they display actions that show inconsistently when it comes to the principles of the constitution? Where does the moral compass come into play when making such decisions. This is where the importance of character traits come into to play they must be used in every single decision. James Madison stated “In forming a government which is to be administered by men over men. You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”

There have been historic key players, jurisdictional rules and interpretation issues at each level that have shaped and molded the courts forever; and the impact of evolving technologies on court proceedings. Equal justice under law is the one of the main principle purposes of the Supreme Court, May 1954 a verdict was reach in one of the most important cases in America; this decision paved the way for racial integration and the civil rights movement.  The case I am referring to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka nine supreme court justices concluded with a unanimous decision that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal; this just one of many cases in which the Supreme Court has made a decision that changed America.  This was no overnight success it took many years before finally getting to Brown v. Board of Education not only adhering to the fact that separate but equal is inherently unequal; separateness is indeed a form of inequality, especially in our schools. This case changed not only the way in which children were educated, but also the way children learned about the rest of our society.