POLS 125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Administrative Law Judge, United States District Court, En Banc
29 Oct 2020
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Courts exist at the federal level and state level, meaning there is a court for each state, the. District of columbia and the federal government: some problems are only addressed by one type of court while others overlap. Following the ratification conflict emerged over the organization of the judiciary with two groups: those believing the federal law should be addressed by state courts and only brought to the supreme court on appeal. They feared a loss of states" rights: those preferring lower federal courts to deal with federal law before being heard by the. Feared state courts could be biased toward their own state"s interests. Judiciary act of 1789 established: supreme court with five justices and chief justice, three circuit courts each with two supreme court justices and a district judge, 13 district courts each presided over by a district judge.
