Constitutional courts were created by the constitution, have the power of judicial review, and have judges with life terms. Legislative courts serve a specific rather than general purpose, cannot exercise judicial review powers, and their judges have fixed terms.

List three regular participants in the judicial system other than judges.

• Litigants.
• Attorneys.
• Organized Groups.

The judicial system of India is mainly consisting of three types of courts- the Supreme Court, The High Courts and the subordinate courts.

name three conditions under which nominations to the Supreme Court are more likely to run into trouble.

• President has minority party in the senate.
• something questionable about nominee.
• if the President’s nomination is put in at the end of the term and has not been re-elected.

There are no explicit requirements in the U.S. Constitution for a person to be nominated to become a Supreme Court justice. No age, education, job experience, or citizenship rules exist. In fact, according to the Constitution, a Supreme Court justice does not need to even have a law degree.

Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 17 people have served as chief justice, beginning with John Jay (1789–1795). The current chief justice is John Roberts (since 2005).

John Roberts is the current chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.

It has not always been followed in the past, with presidents continuing to appoint and the Senate continuing to confirm judicial nominees during election years, but nevertheless, inconsistently invoked by senators from both political parties, usually when politically advantageous to do so.

Historically, throughout American history, when their party controls the Senate, presidents get to fill Supreme Court vacancies at any time — even in a presidential election year, even in a lame-duck session after the election, even after defeat. The president made a nomination in all twenty-nine cases.

On the other hand, there have been 19 times when a Supreme Court seat became vacant in an election year where both the presidency and the Senate were controlled by the same party. Confirming Supreme Court justices when both parties control the White House and Senate in an election year is perfectly normal.

On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier. This vacancy arose during Obama’s final year as president.

President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Garland to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in March 2016 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia. In March 2021, President Joe Biden appointed Garland as Attorney General.

The Supreme Court consists of nine justices: the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices. The justices are nominated by the president and confirmed with the “advice and consent” of the United States Senate per Article II of the United States Constitution.