What is the meaning of jurisdiction?
Where does a case go if someone disagrees with a ruling made in a federal district court?
Read the statement on the US Constitution delivered by Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice on the Supreme Court.[T]he government they [the founders] devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for individual freedoms, and human rights, we hold fundamental today.”–Thurgood Marshall, May 6, 1987
What is the function of an appellate court?
How are federal judges selected to serve?
Read the passage.Jane brought a very valuable painting to a store to have it framed. In the process of framing the painting, the store tore a hole in it, destroying its value. The owner refused to pay Jane anything for the damage to the painting, saying that Jane signed a contract that explained the risks of having the painting framed. Jane decided to take the owner to court.
Which case would a federal court have jurisdiction over?
Where does a case go if the defendants want to challenge a decision made in a federal district court?
What can be done to reverse a decision made by the Supreme Court?
Read this excerpt from Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which legalized same-sex marriage in 2015 when the Supreme Court heard the case on appeal.The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity. The petitioners in these cases seek to find that liberty by marrying someone of the same sex and having their marriages deemed lawful on the same terms and conditions as marriages between persons of the opposite sex.
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