FEDERAL JUDICIARY PROCESS
The federal Judiciary is made up of a three-tiered court system. At the bottom are the federal district courts, the middle is the appellate courts, and the top level is the Supreme Court. District courts are at the bottom of the three-tier federal court system. The district courts are the beginning for most federal cases. District courts are trial courts; the district courts hear the testimony about the facts of a case. On average district courts handle more than 250,000 thousand cases a year, with only a small percentage of the criminal and civil cases actually going to trial. The second tier consists of the appellate courts or the court of appeals. After a district court hears the facts of a case and issues a decision, the decision can be appealed. The appeals are then heard by the appellate court system. Appellate courts can only consider questions of law and legal interpretation; in most cases, the appellate court must accept the lower courts factual findings. Decisions made in the appellate courts are final, unless the Supreme Court agrees to hear a further appeal. The Supreme Court is at the top and its function is to hear appeals regarding decisions made at lower level
http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=0231a000 "The United States Federal Courts" 10 May 2001. Online. The Supreme Court decision in this case is so important because it started the wheels of progress rolling in the right direction. It forever changed the lives of African-Americans as well as the people's thoughts on slavery. African - Americans were able to become citizens of the United States after the south was defeated in the civil war. I believe this case to be so important because it was a mans fight for freedom, that planted the seed, in the minds of people who had the ability to change the laws, so that all men are created equal. President Lincoln said it best when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand... This government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free". http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/structure.jpg
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