There are 94 US District Courts. Federal Courts of Appeals the middle level of the federal judiciary; these courts review and hear appeals from the federal district courts U.S. Supreme Court the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system Remand(ed)...
District Courts: 1 District Court Judge John jay First Chief Justice of the SCOTUS New York Abolitionist (ended NY slavery as 2nd Governor in 1799) Ambassador to Spain Preceded Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State Judicial Review The right of the judicial to strike down acts of a legislature...
Capital - Tried New York City and Philadelphia - Permanent Capital: Southerners wanted the capital to be located more centrally between states, so it was moved South. The federal district, Washington, D.C., was created between Maryland and Virginia (technically not part of either state)....
Court of last resort; applies to state and federal cases Judicial Review Ability of the courts to decide the consitutionality of laws Original Type of jurisdiction given to district courts Civil Type of case involving a dispute between two parties Marbury v. Madison First case in which the cou...
states could not tax federal institutions states had surrendered part of its sovereignty (all above because of marshall)and theseCohens V Virginia, 1820-Lottery tickets for district of Columbia soldSupreme court make the final decision on a state law having twenty state courts decided without a ...