The Inferior Courts by Darren Fulton https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz Made with love <3 en-us 2019-05-20 13:24:41 UTC 2025-03-22 00:04:04 UTC hello@padlet.com The Courts of Appeals 5246691 https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz/wish/361729562 They were created in 1891. They were established as "gatekeepers" to relieve the Supreme Court of much of the burden of hearing appeals from the district courts.
There are 12 courts of appeals in the judicial system.]]> 2019-05-20 13:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz/wish/361729562 Other Constitutional Courts 525179 https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz/wish/361734025 Congress has created two other Article III courts. They are the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 
The Court of International Trade- The Court of International Trade now has nine judges, one of them is the chief judge.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit- Created in 1982. It established the new court to centralize, and so speed up, the handling of appeals in certain kinds of civil cases. It hears appeals in patent, trademark, and copyright cases coming from the 94 district courts around the country. This court has 12 judges and usually hears cases in Washington D.C. Appeals may be taken to the Supreme Court, but usually aren't. 

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District Court Jurisdiction- Covers how District courts have "original jurisdiction over most cases that are heard in the federal courts."]]> 2019-05-21 13:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz/wish/362119762 secretary of the constitutional courts of appeal https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz/wish/362126898 2019-05-21 13:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/528181/bhchqk1fweqz/wish/362126898