4.1 Federal Court System

The Framers created the national judiciary in Article ---- of the Constitution.

True or False: There are only one court systems in the United States: the national judiciary

• False

• True

------- that spans the country

• national judiciary

• courts

True or False: The Inferior Courts are run by the 50 States

• True

• False

----- is the authority of a court to hear (to try and to decide) a case.

Some cases can only be heard in Federal Courts - they have ------

If it can be tried in Federal or State court, it has -------

A court in which a case is first heard has -------- over that case.

A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court has -------- over that case.

True or False: The Supreme Court exercises both original and appellate jurisdiction.