Hello, my next job is going to be working in a federal court which is a part of the federal judiciary of the USA. Are you familiar with this branch?
no im not, can you give me some more information ont hat?
The federal judiciary is one of 3 branches of the US federal government. The executive branch (president) is another example.
oh ok. so what kind of work would you do in therre?
I will not be working in the Supreme Court which is the court of last resort. Instead I will likely work in an appellate court.
what is an appellate court do?
Appellate courts operate under discretionary review. The court can choose which cases to hear and my job is to help facilitate these decisions.
oh so they decide which ones should go to trial?
; and a supreme court (or court of last resort) which primarily reviews the decisions of the intermediate courts. A jurisdiction's supreme court is that jurisdiction's highest appellate court. Appellate courts nationwide can operate under varying rules.
The authority of appellate courts to review the decisions of lower courts varies widely from one jurisdiction to another. In some areas, the appellate court has limited powers of review. Generally, an appellate court's judgment provides the final directive of the appeals courts as to the matter appealed, setting
the [federal] judges as an infringement of the Constitution which they are to guard. ... They would declare it void. ... To what quarter will you look for protection from an infringement on the Constitution, if you will not give the power to the judiciary? There is no other body that can afford such a protection."
In short, there were no statements in the Constitutional Convention or the state ratifying conventions asserting that the states would have the power to nullify federal laws. On the other hand, the