The Organization of The Federal Courts Chapter 10 Section 2.
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The Organization of The The Organization of The Federal CourtsFederal Courts
Chapter 10Chapter 10Section 2Section 2
Key TermsKey Terms Courts of AppealsCourts of Appeals Circuit CourtCircuit Court
The District CourtsThe District Courts 94 district courts 94 district courts
scattered scattered throughout the U.S.throughout the U.S.
Handle 300,000 Handle 300,000 casescases
Each state has at Each state has at least one least one
Number of judges Number of judges ranges from 1 to 28ranges from 1 to 28
The District CourtsThe District Courts Witnesses are Witnesses are
calledcalled Jury normally Jury normally
decidesdecides One judge directs One judge directs
the proceedingsthe proceedings
The Court of AppealsThe Court of Appeals Court of Appeals- Court of Appeals-
handles appeals handles appeals from the federal from the federal district courtsdistrict courts
Take appeals from a Take appeals from a group of district group of district courtscourts
Circuit courts-the Circuit courts-the court of Appeals court of Appeals is often called thisis often called this
The Court of AppealsThe Court of Appeals A 13A 13thth circuit court circuit court
of appeals has of appeals has jurisdiction over a jurisdiction over a certain area of certain area of appeals from appeals from federal courtsfederal courts
There are 13 circuit There are 13 circuit courtscourts
Has no jury, no Has no jury, no witnesses, does not witnesses, does not examine evidenceexamine evidence
The Court of AppealsThe Court of Appeals Lawyers for the Lawyers for the
defendant and the defendant and the plaintiff or prosecution plaintiff or prosecution make arguments to a make arguments to a 3 judge panel3 judge panel
Judges decide to Judges decide to affirm a lower court affirm a lower court rulingruling
Or reverse itOr reverse it Not concerned with Not concerned with
guilt or innocenceguilt or innocence Only concerned was Only concerned was
the first trial fairthe first trial fair
The Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court Highest court in Highest court in
the landthe land Serves as final Serves as final
court of appeals for court of appeals for both state and both state and federalfederal
Does have original Does have original jurisdiction over jurisdiction over special casesspecial cases
The Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court Case involving Case involving
representatives of representatives of foreign foreign governments governments
disputes between disputes between state governmentsstate governments
The Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court Many additional Many additional
federal courtsfederal courts Court of ClaimsCourt of Claims Court of Customs and Court of Customs and
Patent AppealsPatent Appeals Tax CourtTax Court Each was established Each was established
by Congress for a by Congress for a special purposespecial purpose
Appeals from these Appeals from these go directly to go directly to Supreme CourtSupreme Court
Federal Court JudgesFederal Court Judges Federal judges do Federal judges do
the work of the the work of the Judicial BranchJudicial Branch
Role is different Role is different from a legislatorfrom a legislator
Legislator is open Legislator is open to influenceto influence Citizen groupsCitizen groups PresidentPresident Other legislatorsOther legislators
Federal Court JudgesFederal Court Judges Judge must be Judge must be
impartialimpartial Legislators work to Legislators work to
solve broad solve broad problemsproblems
Judge works on a Judge works on a specific problemspecific problem
Judges help define Judges help define the legislators workthe legislators work
Federal Court JudgesFederal Court Judges All federal judges All federal judges
are appointedare appointed Approved by the Approved by the
SenateSenate Serve life terms Serve life terms Only can be Only can be
removed by removed by impeachmentimpeachment
Federal Court JudgesFederal Court Judges Federal judges Federal judges
shoulder greater shoulder greater responsibilityresponsibility
Must balance rights Must balance rights of individual with of individual with interests of the interests of the nation nation
Forced to make Forced to make what seems to be a what seems to be a fair decisionfair decision
Federal Court JudgesFederal Court Judges Nine Supreme Court Nine Supreme Court
Judges have the most Judges have the most responsibilityresponsibility
Entire nation can wait Entire nation can wait for their decisionfor their decision
Although it is one Although it is one specific casespecific case
Decisions could affect Decisions could affect the whole nation the whole nation