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1 Chapter 7 - Section 1

2 Essential Question In what ways is the US a nation of laws?

3 Where is the Supreme Court described?
Article III of the United States Constitution

4 What is an Inferior Court?
Courts of lower authority All federal courts below the Supreme Court are inferior courts

5 Judiciary Act of 1789 Gave Congress the power to create:
Federal District Courts Federal Appeals Courts

6 Hierarchy of Courts Supreme Court – Top Level
Appeals Court – Middle Level District Courts – Bottom Level

7 Criminal Cases Cases in which juries decide whether people have committed crimes mostly state courts

8 Civil Cases Two sides disagree over some issue
Not necessarily a breaking of the law

9 Suit The complaint the first person makes to the court in a civil case
Usually looking for monetary compensation for some type of loss

10 Jurisdiction Authority to hear and decide a case

11 Exclusive Jurisdiction
Only federal courts may hear and decide cases

12 Concurrent Jurisdiction
A case can be heard in state or federal court

13 5 Areas of Federal Court Jurisdiction
Involving the Constitution Foreign Governments US government representatives in foreign countries Federal, admiralty, or maritime law Disputes between states or citizens of different states

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