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?
generally hears appeals from the courts of appeals and sometimes state courts, operating under discretionary review, which means that the Supreme Court can choose which cases to hear, by granting writs of certiorari. There is therefore generally no basic right of appeal that extends automatically all the way to the Supreme Court. In a few situations (like lawsuits between state governments or some cases between the federal government and a state) it sits as a court of original jurisdiction.
Courts Other tribunals.
Besides these federal courts, described as Article
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