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What branch of government has control over the size and number of the courts?
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The Legislative Branch, or Congress, has the authority to determine the number, size, jurisdiction and other details relevant to the structure and operation of the federal court system, with the exception of a few issues outlined in Article III of the Constitution.
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What branch has control over size and number of the courts?
executive
What makes up the third branch of government?
The third branch of government is typically considered to be the judicial branch. The judicial branch is made up of the Supreme Court, the United States courts of appeals, and the United States district courts, and a number of other miscellaneous courts.
What branch of government can determine the number of inferior courts?
It depends on the type of government. Some are strictly regulated by law some by the people in power
What is the phone number of the Bankhead Courts Branch Library in Atlanta?
The phone number of the Bankhead Courts Branch Library is: 404-699-8959.
What branch of government tries cases under the laws?
The Federal Courts try issues dealing with violations of Federal law. They also take appeals from state courts. There are four basic branches of the Federal Judiciary: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. There are a number of specialty courts operated by the U.S. Government, too. Links are provided to the U.S. Judiciary website and to the Wikipedia article.
What branch determines the number of inferior courts?
The Supreme Court is considered the highest court in the United States. All courts besides them are considered "inferior courts", and the legislative branch has the power to create these courts.
How is the judicial branch composed?
the supreme court and a number of lesser courts make up the judicial branch.
What branch of government established the Supreme Court?
The US Supreme Court is the head of the Judicial branchof the federal government, mandated by Article III, Section 1, of the Constitution and established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 and various Judiciary Acts thereafter. The other two branches are the Legislative branch (Congress), and the Executive branch (the President, Vice-President, Cabinet members, etc.).
What this Legislative branch of government do?
its a branch of the government that work in the white house and do all the number sorting and figuring out for certain plans passed
How many judges re there in high court?
According to the 2009 Annual Report of the Director for Judicial Business of the US Courts, the following chart shows the total number of authorized judgeships by court. Article III Courts are the only courts considered part of the Judicial Branch of the US, although there are other courts within the federal court system. This chart does not include federal magistrates who work in the US District Courts, but are not afforded the same benefits as Article III judges.Article III Federal CourtsSupreme Court of the United States.............9US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts............179US District Courts (judges)......................678US Court of International Trade....................9Article III, approximate...........................875(authorized judgeships)There are approximately 875 authorized seats (including vacancies) in the Federal Judicial Branch of government (Article III courts). This does not include Article I tribunals, such as US Bankruptcy Courts, administrative law judges or other courts of limited jurisdiction that are part of the federal court system, but not considered part of the Judicial Branch of government.
How many federal department are in the US government?
Louisana State University Federal Agency Directory lists over 1,300 distinct organizations across all three branches of federal government: Legislative branch (Congress); Executive branch (President and departments and independent agencies); and Judicial branch (Supreme Court and Circuit Courts). link: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
What are the most powerful to least powerful courts in the judicial branch?
The Supreme Court is the most powerful federal court. The Courts of Appeal are the most powerful courts most litigants will ever reach (the Supreme Court only hears a tiny number of cases a year). The District Courts are the trial level courts.
