A REVIEW OF THE U.S JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Federalism: A review of the U.S Judicial System

The state supreme court in U.S. is the highest court in the state judicial hierarchy. The Supreme Court reviews appeals from the intermediate appellate courts (or the trial courts, if the state does not have an intermediate appellate court).

The structure of the U.S. federal court system is very similar to that of the state court system. The federal district courts function as trial courts of original jurisdiction, hearing evidence and making findings of fact. The U.S. courts of appeals function as intermediate appellate courts, reviewing the judgments ...