Federal Courts Research Paper

The topic that has interested me so far is of “Federal courts” so far from what I read, the federal court system contains only three main levels, the first one being district courts, the second is courts of appeal, and last the Supreme Court of the United States, this is the final level of appeal in the federal system. There are 13 circuit courts, 94 district courts, and only one Supreme Court throughout the country. First federal court that I will write about is district courts, they are the general trial courts of the U.S. federal court system. They deal with most of court cases being criminal and civil cases. It is the lowest level of the U.S. federal court, it operates within a federal judicial district within a state, where some matters that relate to federal jurisdiction are tried. Each court has territorial jurisdiction over a certain district, it may include an entire state or maybe just part of it. Each of the courts are presided by one judge, who must be living in a certain district. The courts have jurisdiction over all maritime and admiralty

The Supreme courts usually hears fewer than 100 cases in only one year, the federal courts under the Supreme court decide way more cases, usually the tens of thousands a year. There are only thirteen judicial circuits. Federal judges are suggested by the president and then later confirmed by the senate. Around 6 to 28 judges are in each circuit, one is the chief judge for the circuit. The picking of the chief judge is based on seniority, they have administrative duties and not only hear cases. The cases are heard by three judges, the chief judge appoints the judges hear each case based on how much time they have free and how much work they have as well as other