Federal and state court systems
CLEP American Government, Chapter 15 Federal and state court systems The United States has overlapping federal and state court systems. Each state has its own trial and appellate structure, while federal districts and circuits follow national law. Some disputes could proceed in either system under concurrent jurisdiction; others are assigned exclusively to one. Removal statutes […]
Appellate jurisdiction
CLEP American Government, Chapter 15 Appellate jurisdiction Appellate jurisdiction is authority to review an earlier decision. A federal court of appeals ordinarily reviews a federal district court, not a state trial court. The U.S. Supreme Court may review federal questions decided by federal courts of appeals and in final judgments from the highest state court […]
