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The US Supreme Court

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l. At the trial if the defendant is convicted, a date for sentence is set. 2. The plaintiff dropped the case if she accepted a six-figure settlement collected by civil rights. 3. If he'd seen the decree on the fifth, he'd have known it was a forgery. 4. The preference not to imprison if a fine or other punishment is sufficient is easily explainable: prisons are overcrowded. 5. Should he or she move outside the permitted area, the computer will activate an alarm and the police will arrest him or her.

The third branch of government is the federal judiciary. Its main instrument is the Supreme Court, which watches over the other two branches. It determines whether or not their laws and acts are in accordance with the Constitution. Congress has the power to fix the number of judges sitting on the Court, but it cannot change the powers given to the Supreme Courtly the Constitution itself. The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. They are nominated by the President but must be approved by the Senate. Once approved, they hold office as Supreme Court Justices for life. A decision of the Supreme Court cannot be appealed to any other court. Neither the President nor Congress can change their decisions. In addition to the Supreme Court, Congress has established 11 federal courts of appeal and, bellow them, 91 federal district courts.

The Supreme Court has direct jurisdiction in only two kinds of cases: those involving foreign diplomats and those in which a state is a party. All other cases which reach the Court are appeals from lower courts. The Su­preme Court chooses which of these it will hear. Most of the cases involve the interpretation of the Constitution. The Supreme Court also has the “power of judicial review,” that is, it has the right to declare laws and ac­tions of the federal, state, and local governments unconstitutional. While not stated in the Constitution, this power was established over time.

КОНТРОЛЬНОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ № 4

Для правильного выполнения Задания №4 необходимо усвоить следующие разделы курса английского языка по любым учебникам:

1. Особенности перевода сослагательного наклонения после глагола to wish

2. Предлоги.

3. Бессоюзные дополнительные и определительные придаточные предложения.

4. Многозначность should / would.

После изучения указанного материала можно приступать к выполнению задания.

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