Federal judiciary of the United States
One of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
United States Court of Federal Claims
The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, '''Fed.
The United States Court of Federal Claims (in case citations, '''Fed.
Cl. or C.F.C.''') is a United States federal court that hears monetary claims against the U.S. government.
Article Three of the United States Constitution
Article Three of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government.
Article Three of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government.
The Supreme Court is the only federal court that is explicitly established by the Constitution.
United States federal judicial district
For purposes of the federal judicial system, Congress has divided the United States into judicial districts.
United States magistrate judge
In United States federal courts, magistrate judges are judges appointed to assist district court judges in the performance of their duties.
Judicial Conference of the United States
Created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States.
Created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States.
Responding to a backlog of cases in the federal courts, in 1922 Congress enacted a new form of court administration that advanced the institutionalization of an independent judiciary.
United States Marshals Service
Federal law enforcement agency in the United States.
Federal law enforcement agency in the United States.
The USMS is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Justice, operating under the direction of the Attorney General, but serves as the enforcement arm of the United States federal courts to ensure the effective operation of the judiciary and integrity of the Constitution.
Article One of the United States Constitution
Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress.
Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress.
(Taxes are apportioned by state population) It includes several enumerated powers, including the power to lay and collect "taxes, duties, imposts, and excises" (provided duties, imposts, and excises are uniform throughout the US), "to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States," the power to regulate interstate and international commerce, the power to set naturalization laws, the power to coin and regulate money, the power to borrow money on the credit of the United States, the power to establish post offices and post roads, the power to establish federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court, the power to raise and support an army and a navy, the power to call forth the militia "to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions" and to provide for the militia's "organizing, arming, disciplining...and governing" and granting Congress the power to declare war.
Certiorari
Court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency.
Court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency.
As Associate Justice James Wilson (1742–1798), the person primarily responsible for the drafting of Article Three of the United States Constitution, which describes the judicial branch of the US federal government, explains:
Judiciary Act of 1789
The Judiciary Act of 1789 (ch.
The Judiciary Act of 1789 (ch.
It established the federal judiciary of the United States.