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The On the Hill: Breaking Down DC podcast is a collection of sharing more about what’s happening in DC without the bias, ways for you to get involved with the US government, and interviews with friends, colleagues who can help pull back the proverbial curtain of Washington, DC. Katherine Getty, host of the OTH podcast, is a 10-year Washingtonian who lives and breathes politics.
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Hi, and welcome to the on the Hill podcast with me your host, Katherine Getty. Each Thursday, I'll peel back the curtain of what happens in Washington, from breaking down current events without bias, to interviews with fellow political nerds, and even and maybe most importantly, ways for you to get involved with our US government. Welcome back to another episode of The on the Hill podcast with me your host, Katherine Getty. This episode is meant to be sort of in tandem with Episode 11, which dives into the now very ever present Supreme Court. I wanted to do one that kind of broke apart the judicial branch and did one specifically on the Supreme Court and do do one now, kind of broadly, maybe should have been reverse, but I think the Supreme Court is what a lot of people think of it's been very, as I said, ever present in the last few years. So today, we're going to cover the role of the third branch of government, the judicial branch types of types within the judicial branch. And then some, like a little bit of a reminder of what do they beyond their role? What is their importance when it comes to checks and balances. So first, the role, you know, very similar to the Supreme Court, they court system is meant to interpret the meaning of laws, apply laws to individual cases, in deciding if laws violate the Constitution, which is obviously very important. When it comes beyond the role, what types we've talked about the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court really is the apex of the federal judiciary in the US. It's the highest court of the land serves as the final final decider on a lot of cases, contesting the Supreme Court consists of nine justices, one chief justices, and then associate justices. They're appointed by the president confirmed by the Senate they serve for life unless they decide to retire, which you've seen a little bit more common in the last few years. They serve for life unless they retire or resign, or impeached and removed from office. But Supreme Court just think of them as the final final decider. Then there are the federal courts and the federal court system. It's right beneath the Supreme Court. It includes the US Court of Appeals, US district courts, specialized courts, so there's Tax Court, the US Court of International Trade, and federal judges, and these courts are appointed by the President and also confirmed by the Senate. So very similar makeup to the Supreme Court in that way. They also serve lifetime appointments. Then finally, you see state courts. While the federal judiciary, which is made up of the Supreme Court and federal courts involved federal law, state courts handle state laws and state regulations, as the name would make you venture to guess I wanted to call this out, because I think it's important to kind of lay out the different types that are within the judicial branch. And really, when you get down to it, all three branches, the legislative, which is comprised of the House and Senate, we've done episodes on beyond the legislative branch, you have the executive branch, where the president's office sits the cabinet as well in agencies. And then finally, you have the judicial branch, which has Supreme Court, federal court, state court. And really all of the different branches are different checks and balances. You know, the President, the executive branch, can veto legislative legislation created by Congress, he or she also will nominate the heads of federal agencies and high court appointees. And Congress's role is either to confirm or reject the President's nominees can also remove the president from office for exceptional circumstances, then you have the judicial branch that can you know, justice, the Supreme Court can over turn laws, they're enforcing the rule of law in those different jurisdictions. So each kind of has a different way that they're checking the other. And that's that CO equal branches of government. And that's why it's really important. I wanted to do some of these landscaping episodes because I wanted to provide you kind of the context. We always say this podcast is about providing the context without bias. I want to provide you the opportunity to better understand features of our government. Ask questions, be curious about it. I'm going to be rolling in some more interviews within the next few months. I'm really excited to get back to the interview format. So going to be interviewing more which is exciting. You know, as always, you'll find me on Instagram that podcast handle is on the Hill DC podcast by person We'll handle is at Katherine Getty. I'd love to know what you're interested in what questions you have, we are in an election year, and I'm trying to not only balance giving you what's happening in Washington, but some of these, you know, ground setting landscape episodes. So I would love to know what you're curious about if there are features of the US government you're curious about, send me a message on Instagram. Like I said, my handle is Katherine Getty or the podcast is on the Hill DC podcast. And as always, thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of The on the Hill podcast. I so enjoy getting to share with you things that I love, which is the US government. I know. I may be a unicorn in that department. I don't think I am. If you're listening to this podcast, interview guests are either curious or you do you're a nerd like me, and want to know, all you can about the US government. I'll drop in the shownotes. The resources I utilize for this episode really relied on usa.gov They had some really great resources on the different facets of the judicial branch. So shout out to usa.gov and tune in next week, to another episode of On the hill. Thank you so much.
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