POLI 2051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Merrick Garland, Senatorial Courtesy, Appellate Jurisdiction
2 May 2016
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District courts: 94 of these, 91 in us and others outside pr. Every state has at least one, don"t cross state boundaries, have original jurisdiction- cases start there, most civil and criminal cases. Trial courts, some use juries- grand juries or petit (trial) juries. Courts of appeals: also known as circuit courts, 13 of these- 12 and then 1 for. District of columbia, hear only appeals, no jury, sit in panels of 3 judges, appellate jurisdiction- hear cases on appeal from other courts, some procedural error in district court level that is why comes here. Each district contained within the 13 and certain will appeal certain cases. Not retrying a case, it is whether the process was fair or not. Supreme court: [the only one that has to exist because of the constitution] we have 9 justices, 8 right now, has both original and appellate jurisdiction (hear appeals), review this: [figure 14. 3 in chapter 14. 2]
