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What is the only federal court that exercises both original and appellate jurisdiction?
The US Supreme Court (formally: The Supreme Court of the United States)
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Which levels of the federal judicial system hashave both original and appellate jurisdiction?
Level 3 : Supreme Court
Will you ever see a murder trial in the US Supreme Court?
No. The US Supreme Court only exercises appellate jurisdiction over criminal cases originating in the state and federal court systems; they do not hold trials. The federal court of original jurisdiction (trial court) for a murder case would be the US District Court overseeing the territory in which the crime occurred.
Which court is not a lower court in the federal court system?
The US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts only review cases under their appellate jurisdiction; the US Supreme Court hears most of the cases it selects under appellate jurisdiction, but considers disputes between the states under original (trial) jurisdiction.
What are two types of cases that the Federal and Supreme Courts may hear?
Civil and Criminal. The US Supreme Court only has appellate jurisdiction over cases heard in federal District and Circuit Courts.Or you may mean cases of original jurisdiction (trial) and appellate jurisdiction (appeals).The only cases the US Supreme Court still has exclusive, mandatory original jurisdiction over are disputes between the states. The Court also has the option of hearing cases involving ambassadors under original jurisdiction, but is more likely to remand the case to US District Court for trial.[Note: The educational packets that claim the Supreme Court exercises original (trial) jurisdiction over cases involving ambassadors and foreign dignitaries is partially incorrect. Pursuant to 28 USC § 1251(b)(1) (federal law, 1978*).] The US Supreme Court has original, but not exclusive, jurisdiction over such cases:(a) The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusivejurisdiction of all controversies between two or more States.(b) The Supreme Court shall have original but not exclusivejurisdiction of:(1) All actions or proceedings to which ambassadors, otherpublic ministers, consuls, or vice consuls of foreign states areparties;(2) All controversies between the United States and a State;(3) All actions or proceedings by a State against the citizensof another State or against aliens.The US District Courts currently exercise original jurisdiction over cases involving ambassadors.*Amendment by Pub. L. 95-393 effective at the end of the ninety-day period beginning on Sept. 30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L.95-393, set out as an Effective Date note under section 254a of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
What type of cases does the US Supreme Court not have jurisdiction over?
The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over cases involving questions of federal or constitutional law or US treaties.They don't have jurisdiction over matters involving state or municipal laws or state constitutions, unless the case involves a conflict between two states, or a law or ordinance repugnant to the US Constitution.They don't have jurisdiction over cases from state courts if the federal question (constitutional issue or matter of federal law) was not raised at trial and preserved through the appellate process.They don't have jurisdiction cases involving political questions, such as appeals of impeachment.They don't have jurisdiction over cases prohibited by the Constitution or by constitutional Amendment, such as conflicts between the citizens of one state and the government of another (per the 11th Amendment), unless the state(s) waive their 11th Amendment protection or a state official is sued by name.They don't have jurisdiction over cases on matters from which Congress has stripped their appellate jurisdiction, assigning it to another court.
