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Overview of Federal Courts

Overview of Federal Courts. Article III of the Constitution Judiciary Act of 1789 Federal Court Structure Lower Federal Courts: Circuit & District Courts Supreme Court Precedent and Hierarchy in Federal Courts Influence of Workload on Lower Federal Courts

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Overview of Federal Courts

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  1. Overview of Federal Courts • Article III of the Constitution • Judiciary Act of 1789 • Federal Court Structure • Lower Federal Courts: Circuit & District Courts • Supreme Court • Precedent and Hierarchy in Federal Courts • Influence of Workload on Lower Federal Courts • Should the 9th Circuit Be Split?

  2. Article III Section 1. The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior… Section 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority… In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.

  3. Evolution of Federal Courts Video Link

  4. Hierarchy and Precedent

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