Chapter 02: The Court Systems - Understanding Judicial Structures and Functions

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1. With the exception of the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress has the power to abolish and create federal co
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2. The Constitution created the U.S. Supreme Court and authorized it to establish lower courts as needed.
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3. Federal judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
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4. In the history of the United States, over 200 judges have been removed from the office of federal judge.
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5. When a federal judge is impeached from office, the trial is heard by the Supreme Court, unless a Supreme C
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ourt judge is involved.
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,6. Federal judges can retire at age 70 but then keep working as a judge.
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7. Several times over the years, Congress has punished federal courts for decisions Congress did not like by cuttin
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g the salary of judges.
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8. All state supreme court judges are elected.
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9. State judges, unlike federal judges, are generally not appointed for life.
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10. In some states, judges are elected in partisan (party) elections.
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11. In some states, judges are appointed by the governor.
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,12. If a judge makes a clearly incorrect decision in a case (called "gross error of law") he or she may be liable for th
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e damages caused.
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13. Judges are protected from damages caused by bad decisions they make on the bench by judicial immunity.
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14. If a judge shows personal bias toward a party in a case, the judge may not be sued for the bias.
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15. Trial courts at both the federal and state level are called courts of original jurisdiction.
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16. By definition, the only court of "original jurisdiction" in the U.S. is the U.S. Supreme Court.
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17. Juries are used in state courts, but not in federal court.
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, 18. Every state has one federal district court judge, for a total of 50 in the U.S.
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19. The only federal courts in which a jury is used are the courts of appeals.
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20. There are twelve geographically based U.S. courts of appeals.
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21. There is no right of appeal in a criminal case lost by the government at the district court trial.
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22. In most federal court of appeals cases, three judges hear the appeals.
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23. Most federal court of appeals cases are reviewed by the Supreme Court.
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24. The federal government does not have the right to appeal involving a court judgment in a civil
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