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POLS 2311 1st Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture II. The Federal Judicial SystemOutline of Current Lecture III. The Federal Judicial SystemIV. Federal Court AppointeesV. The Nature of Judicial Decision MakingCurrent LectureThe Federal Judicial SystemOther federal courts include:- US district courts: chief trial courts located in the federal system; the opposing and defending sides place their arguments to a jury and the one judge.- US courts of appeals: cases that are appealed from district courts to these courts. These courts are the second level in the federal court system. There are no juries. Judges review transcripts to get the facts of the cases they work on. There are thirteen of these courts, with somewhere between four and twenty-six judges in each. Each case is usuallyheard by three Justices.- Special US courts- US Claims Court- US Court of International Trade- US Court of Military AppealsThe State Courts include political appointments, elected judges, and merit-plan judges. Merit-plan is also known as the Missouri plan, and was created to combat the accusations of bias in choosing judges; it is based on qualifications.Federal Court AppointeesThe president nominates people for the Supreme Court that he believes will carry out his political philosophy and will maintain his legacy. Nominees must be accepted by ¾ Senate majority. Only 20% of nominees have been rejected. Any nominee who faces strong opposition These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.is said to be “Borked,” which is named after a strongly conservative nominee who was very much resisted.There is senatorial courtesy when it comes to lower-court nominees. Presidents, for obvious reasons, usually nominate people of their same party.Nearly all of the recent nominees have come from appellate courts. Elena Kagan is the only recent Justice who did not. Diversity has increased the Justices in recent decades.The Nature of Judicial Decision MakingFacts and law are the legal influences on judicial decisions.The three main sources of law: The Constitution, legislative statutes, and legal


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