Political Science Pol Sci 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Certiorari, Consequentialism, Amicus Curiae
12 Jun 2016
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What are the rules/methods: processing cases: c. i. 7,000-8,000 petitions per term petition asking the court to hear their case term: supreme court"s calendar starts first monday in october c. ii. Original jurisdiction cases case starts in the supreme court no other court heard it first mainly boundary disputes (if the mississippi river changes course who gets new land?) c. iii. Appellate jurisdiction another court has heard the case first (likely more than one) parties are appealing to the us supreme court c. iii. 1. c. iii. 2. Federal cases come from us court of appeals. State case come from state highest court c. iv. 3 ways to get case heard by court c. iv. 1. Certification when a lower court says to the supreme. Court that they aren"t able to answer the question the lower court itself moves the case up extremely rare c. iv. 2. Appeals cases that congress has said is so important that the supreme court should review them ex: cases concerning voting rights c. iv. 3.
