Welcome to Ripley, MS. Ripley is a small town with big vision, with a population over 5,000 residents nestled in the southern area of the Appalachian foothills in northern Mississippi. Located along Highway 15 in Tippah County, it is about thirty miles from the birthplace of Elvis Presley. and sixty minutes from Graceland.
The judicial branch is a system of courts that applies the laws. Both the federal government and each of the 5 states have individual judicial branches which all serve this purpose. The federal judicial system reviews any cases or controversies that arise from laws put into effect by Congress or by the Constitution.
4. checks and balances - like seperation of powers. No one branch of official can make decisions on his/her own. All power is spread so that many steps are needed to make laws. 5. judicial review - the chief duty of the judicial branch (courts) of the fed. govt. This refers to the system by which the courts determine if laws made by the legislative branch are in keeping with the constitution. 6. federalism - this is the system by which the states have more power than the federal govt.