Judcial Branch
US District Courts are trial courts established under Article III of the Constitution, and are part of the Judicial branchof government.
The court system of a country is known as the "judicial branch."
It is the Judaical Branch made up by the Supreme Court as well as other federal courts.
US Special Courts (courts of special or limited jurisdiction) organized under Congress' authority in Article I are sometimes called legislative courts because they are part of the Legislative Branch of government. Examples of legislative courts include US Bankruptcy Court, US Tax Court, and the US Court of Federal Claims. Courts established under Congress' authority in Article III are sometimes called constitutional courts. Constitutional courts comprise the Judicial Branch of government, which is independent of the Legislative Branch. The US District Courts, Court of International Trade, US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, and Supreme Court of the United States make up the Judicial Branch of government.
... executive. The other two branches are judicial (courts) and legislative (Congress).
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.
US Tax Court was established under Congress' authority under Article I, and is part of the Legislative Branch (believe it or not).The only courts that are considered part of the Judicial Branch are the constitutional courts established under Article III. These courts are:US District CourtsUS Court of International TradeUS Court of Appeals Circuit CourtsSupreme Court of the United States
Good question! Actually, only some judges belong to the Judicial Branch of the US government. The Judicial Branch includes only those federal courts established under Article III of the Constitution:US District CourtsUS Court of International TradeUS Court of Appeals Circuit CourtsSupreme Court of the United StatesThere are many other courts in the federal judiciary, such as US Tax Court, US Bankruptcy Court, US Court of Claims, all the military courts, administrative courts for government agencies, and so on. These courts and tribunals were established under Congress' authority in Article I of the Constitution. None of those judges are part of the Judicial Branch, even though they are all part of the federal court system.State judges, of course, belong to the Judicial Branch of their individual states, but not to the Judicial Branch of the US federal government.
In the Commonwealth: If you are referring to state laws it would be the Executive Branch of the state government, unless the case fell under the original jurisdiction of the Federal Courts, then it would be the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Yes, military courts are under federal jurisdiction. Military courts are Article II courts in the Executive Branch of government, but the US Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over cases appealed from the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
The Judicial Branch of Government is the branch that tries case.
Article III (constitutional) federal courts are part of the Judicial Branch. Only the following courts are considered part of the Judicial Branch:US District CourtsUS Court of International TradeUS Court of Appeals Circuit CourtsSupreme Court of the United StatesMost of the rest of the federal court system was established under Congress' authority in Article I, and are part of the Legislative Branch of government. These courts include:US Bankruptcy CourtsUS Tax CourtsUS Court of ClaimsUS Court of Appeals for the Armed Forcesetc.