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Englisch (Fach) / Grundwissen (Lektion)
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- Federal Jurisdiction - cases where: federal officials or property is involved/ people from different states are involved - U.S. district courts: 94 federal judicial districts; first step for every federal judicial case; about 350.000 cases per year; verdicts are legally valid - U.S. courts of appeals: 13 Courts of Appeal; decide all appeals from the district courts; decides whether a case goes back to a district court (no verdict spoken)
- State Jurisdiction - cases that lack the requirements to go infront of a federal court - State Trial Courts: first court for all cases; 98% of all lawsuits; classification not according to law branches but to importance of the case - State Courts of Appeal + State Courts of last resort: similar to federal court of appeal; Courts of last resort take over in a few cases when it comes to civil riights for example
- U.S. Judges There is no standard-procedure for nomination of state-judges -> State judges are voted for and they are listed together with the political party they belong Supreme Court judges get nominated by the President
- The Supreme Court - highest court in the US - 9 judges nominated for a life-time by the President (Senate has to confirm) - six votes necessary to cast a verdict - when does this court deal with issues: unprecedented issues of high public interest; contradictions in verdicts of other Court of Appeal or earlier Supreme Court verdicts; broken juristic rules - verdict cannot be contested
- Race vs. ethnic minority - in the 1990s the term referred to four major racial and ethnic groups - in the 21st century it became a very different meaning - minorities include African American, Hispamics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians - race and ethnicity are defined by society and not by science
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