Federal Court System
What have I learned?
District Courts
District courts hear both civil and criminal cases
District courts have original jurisdiction
Original jurisdiction is the authority to hear the case for the first time
District courts have at least 2 judges
Appeal Courts
Appeal Court has 6-27 Judges
12 US courts of appeal
Each Court of appeal covers a particular geographic area called a circuit
Have both original jurisdiction and appellate jursidiction
US Supreme Court
Supreme court have 9 justices (judges)
Each justice is selected by the president and approved by the senate
Highest Court in the federal system
Judges serve for a life term or until they want to stop