New Confederate States of America:Judicial Branch

All Judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court & any lower courts created by congress. All judges are appointed by the president & confimed by the senate. Supreme Court justices upon confirmation will serve for no more than six years before standing for retention by popular vote. Afterwards, they will stand for no more than ten years before facing retention by popular vote. Inferior court judges may serve no more than two years before facing retention by popular vote. Afterwards, they serve no more than six years before retention by popular vote. No qualifications are required.
With the exception of certain cases, the judiciary's jurisdiction is controlled by congress such as which kinds of cases courts may hear & rule on.
When the founders drafted the US Constitution, they never intended for the judiciary to have full judicial review like the power seized by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1803(Madbury v. Madison). The greatest check on power was the individual states & never intended for the federal government to be the final arbitraitor of it's own power.
Congress can bar all federal courts including the Supreme Court from hearing cases on certain matters such as abortion & same-sex marriage as primary issues.
For appeals in all cases involving individual sovereign freeman in intrastate matters, the state courts should be the master courts of last resort. Federal courts in the United States have been corrupt & have seized powers delegated to the legislative branch by making policy(Roe v. Wade in 1973 legalized abortion, which no branch of government has the power to do.)
What also sucks is that judges help orchestrate the outcome of trials by being the ultimate guru in what evidence can be admitted regardless of if it will prove either guilt or innocence. The right to a jury trial has been stripped due to jurors being misinformed thanks to the judiciary silencing anyone who speaks about jury nullification. This has made people more dependent on the appealant courts for redress as reforming government has become more difficult.
The courts other main role is to protect the right of habeas corpus & safeguard procedural due process. Judges should not have the role of deciding for themselves what laws are constitutional or not. We have the states, initiative, jury box, & ammunition to check government.