1. By: Tiffany and Noah

2.  Appellate  Involves the constitutionality of a federal law  Involves cases that are appealed from the Court of Appeals  Original  Involves an ambassador, consul, and public minister

3.  Constitution states that all judicial power in the United States is combined into the one supreme court  Consists of the Chief Justice of the United States  Associate Justices assigned by Congress  Currently 8

4.  Appealed from lower federal courts  Appealed from state supreme courts  Rarely hear cases that haven’t been heard by a lower court, such as between two states governments  Justices decide what cases they hear

5.  Setser v. United States  Whether a federal court can impose a sentence before the defendant has finished the state sentence, when the state sentence has not been imposed yet.  Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals  Whether it is a provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, it violates the 11 th amendment.