The Dual Court System

The Dual Court System
Kristie Dunn
South University
The Dual Court System
The dual court system consists of a separate judicial system for each of the state and federal system. The federal court system includes other courts such as the Supreme Court, the federal courts of appeals, and the federal district courts. The state court system includes four levels which are the appellate court of last resort, intermediate courts of appeals, trial courts of general jurisdiction, and the trial courts of limited jurisdiction. These particular court systems functions together and hear cases and put the criminals away.
The Supreme Court, which is also known as the Appellate Court of Last Resort in the state court system, is what both court systems have in common. This court system has the final word in any case involving the Constitution, treaties with other nations, and the acts of Congress. The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice and other eight associate justices. These people are appointed in this position by the President with the consent of the Senate, and other federal judges. The next court in the federal is the Courts of Appeals and the state consist of the Intermediate Courts of Appeals. In 1891, Congress created the circuit court of appeals to allow people or groups that loses their cases in district court the ability to appeal. This court has only appellate jurisdiction and reviews cases for errors of law and not of fact. Unless an appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the decision made in this court is final. The Intermediate Appellate Courts was established in the state system in order to decrease the burden of the state supreme court. This court has no trial jurisdiction and only hears appeals in both civil and criminal cases. Brief oral arguments can be heard by both attorneys from each side and they have to hear all appealed cases.
The final court system in federal is the District Court and in the state they are known as the Trial...