PSCI 3324 Study Guide - Final Guide: Senatorial Courtesy, Origination Clause, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
23 Dec 2016
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These courts are located principally in the larger cities. Only carefully selected types of cases may be heard in the federal courts. These courts include: supreme court: one court with national jurisdiction, court of appeals: 12 geographic-based & 1 for the federal circuit, district courts: 94 in 50 states, district of columbia & puerto. Rico along with their subordinate bankruptcy courts: court of international trade. Senatorial courtesy: a custom whereby presidential appointments are confirmed only if there is no objection to them by the senators from the appointee"s state, especially from the senior senator of the president"s party from that state. In the senate, it refers to slips on which. Senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee. Solicitor general: the law officer directly below the attorney general in the us department of justice, responsible for arguing cases before the us supreme court.
