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CJ-207 PROJECT ONE
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The Court System
, Relationship Among the Three Checks and Balances Relationship of the Supremacy
Courts Clause and Federal Superiority
Rule to the Courts
The United States Court system The system of checks and The Supremacy Clause is a
is made up of three tiers: balances is to ensure no branch clause which dictates that
district courts, courts of appeal, or department of the federal federal law is the "supreme law
and the Supreme Court government exceeds its bounds, of the land." This means that
(Hemmens, et al., 2019). The guard against fraud, and allow judges in every state must
district court serves as the trial for the timely correction of follow the Constitution, laws,
court for the federal court errors or omissions. It acts as a and treaties of the federal
system, each state has at least sort of sentry over the government in matters which
one district court. District separated powers, balancing are directly or indirectly within
courts have jurisdiction to only the authorities of each branch the government's control.
hear the types of cases specified of government (Longley, 2022). Under the doctrine of
by acts of Congress, most of the preemption, which is based on
cases are civil cases instead of the Supremacy Clause, federal
criminal cases. The courts of law preempts state law, even
appeal are known as circuit when the laws conflict. Thus, a
courts, there are thirteen of federal court may require a
them. They hear both criminal state to stop certain behavior it
and civil matters These courts believes interferes with, or
also handle appeals of decisions conflicts with federal law. In the
from the U.S. district courts in absence of federal law, or when
the circuit (Hemmens, et al., a state law would provide more
2019). The Supreme Court protections for consumers,
referred to as “the court of last employees, and other residents
resort” (Hemmens, et al., 2019), than what is available under
because it is the final step in the existing federal law, state law
federal court system for cases holds (FindLaw, 2017).
involving the interpretation of a
federal statute or the U.S.
Constitution. The court consists
of nine justices and the cases
heard by this court are almost
entirely cases taken on appeal
from either the federal courts of
appeal or state supreme courts.
This court has three main
functions, to resolve disputes
between states, to resolve
conflicting opinions of lower
federal and state courts, and to
resolve constitutional questions
(Hemmens, et al., 2019).
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