LEGAL 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United States District Court, Town Meeting, United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary
27 Sep 2018
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Local: town meeting, city council, county legislature, mayors, city managers, citizens. Pre trial: decide which cases move forward; oversee jury selection. During trial: rule on motions; provide jury charge; sentencing; may write opinions. Appellate judges are mostly making the laws (less than 100 cases get to supreme court or state supreme court) Appellate courts (us courts of appeals, 12 regional courts of appeals. Make decisions on law, if there is a legal problem on the decisions made in trial courts) Trial courts (us district courts, 94 judicial districts. Federal courts and other entities outside the judicial branch (military courts- trial and appellate) 179 circuit court judges (court of appeals) Taken at 65 years old + 15 years of service, or 70 years old + 10 years of service. The president nominates and appoints judges of the supreme court and all officers of the.
