what are the two kinds of inferior " constitutional courts"?
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Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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The Judicial Branch. They are able to legislate from the bench by fiat and it is all but impossible to overrule their decisions. Recently they virtually eliminated the concept of private property and have decided in the past that the First Amendment can be severely restricted, just to name a few. The Constitution includes a procedure for amending the Constitution, but the U.S. Supreme Court has managed to bypass these controls time and again.\n\nThe Executive Branch and The Legislative Branch remain a good check and balance over each other, but the Judicial Branch has become a loose cannon.
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http://www.supremecourtus.gov/\n\nhttp://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/\n\nhttp://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/
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1. lifetime\n2. supreme court \n\n:> peace\n.
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I LOVE Marbury v. Madison.  Here's how it works.  The Supreme Court is the weakest branch of the federal government coming out of the writing of the Constitution.  They have one ace in the hole though, when someone wants to know what the Constitution means, they go to the supreme court.\n\nSo anyway, this case comes along, Marbury v. Madison.  The first bit of the opinion was the Supreme Court saying that this case has no standing because it was brought to us when it should have gone to another court first.  THEN they go on to say, pretty much, while we have you here the supreme court has the right to review laws (not in the Constitution) and declare them unconstitutional.  \n\nHow can you argue with that.  If you were gonna argue, you'd go where?  The Supreme Court.  They just GAVE themselves this incredible power that they don't actually have.  \n\nAhhh, good stuff!
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Dear Friend,\n\nIn the U.S., there are at least four types of law.  These are constitutional law, statutes, regulations, and common law.  Common law covers those situations where there isn't a Constitutional provision, statute, or regulation to look to, but there are still people before the court who claim that they've been harmed.  It is judge-made law, some published, some not.  Types of common law include contract law, property law, and tort law.  This isn't to say that the only thing that matters for contract, property, or tort disputes is judge-made law, but rather that most law in this area happens to be judge made.  Common law is considered more flexible than any other type of law, a continual adaptation of the law to meet our evolving social expectations.  Other people see it as judicial tyranny, since no-one elects federal judges.\n\nHope that helps!\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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Do you understand what you are asking?  There are thousands of such cases.  Are you interested in certain eras.  Maybe cases under the various Chief Justices.  How about certain types of cases?  Would like to compare similar case subjects prior to 1868 as opposed to post 1868?  However, you can start by going to the source link:
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Each state has trial courts, they handle state issues.  From there cases are appealed to the Appellate courts for that state.  Then to that state's supreme court.\n\nEach state is also part of a federal district with District courts that equate out to state's trial courts but deal with federal issues.  From there a case is appealed to the circuit court of appeals and from there the US supreme court.\n\nSome issues can cross over and sometimes there are cases where a state's decision can be questioned in federal court.  The US supreme court is it in terms of power, depending on the issue, whether on state law or federal, the state's supreme court is next (or the circuit court of appeal) on back down.  It gets murky in the middle.\n\nEach lower court has to abide by a higher court's decision.\nThat is as basic as it can be made, but it isn't completely accurate because of all the variables and things that can happen in the court process.
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You are incorrect. The Cheif Justice presides over the Sumpreme Court.  The Court rules on the constitutinoality of laws passed by the legislature and signed by the president.  It's system of checks and balances and no branch of government "presides" of another.
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Constitutional Lawyer.
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Well the "Supereme Court of the United States" can declare any law of the legislature (i.e. Congress) and executive (i.e. The President) null and void, if it is against the constitution. This power of the Supereme Court is called "Judicial Review". A famous case in this connection is the case of "Marbury vs Madision".
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Are you talking about NY, CA or some other state? Superior Courts are different in the various states.
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One HUGE example of this is the fact that the Constitution has been amended so many times, and also that the legislative branch is continually passing new laws to accomodate modern values and the judicial branch is constantly deciding on the constitutionality of ideals that probably didn't even exist a hundred years ago (such as abortion or civil rights laws). The  government changes as the country changes.
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Most cases that eventually make their way to the Supreme Court start in the fedeal district courts, which is the trial court level for the federal government.\n\nThe Supreme Court can also end up with cases emerging from the state courts' systems, but that is a bit more difficult to accomplish, since the Supreme Court will only consider cases on appeal out of the state courts that contain a disputed issue of federal or constitutional law, generally speaking.
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www.findlaw.com has a good selection of federal and state appellate decisions.\n\nMany state court websites also release their local appellate and state supremen court opinions.
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The lowest court system on the tree is:\nCounty: County and City Ordinance violatons including traffic, Minor criminal offenses (misdemeanors), Civil Cases of $15,000 or less, Landlord/Tenant, Small Claims.\n\nState Circuit Courts: Civil cases greater than $15,000, Probate matters, Felony Offenses resulting in State Imprisonment.\n\nState District Court of Appeals (Appelate Courts): Decides appeals from Circuit courts, panel of judges or entire court.\n\nState Supreme Court: 7 Justices appointed by the Governor, Death Sentence appeals, handels conflict from District courts, Bond Validation Judgements, Constitutional contruction questions.\n\nFederal Level\nUS Magistrate Courts: Issue warrants, some civil cases, Petty cases, Misdemeanor cases, Pre-trial motions for District Courts.\n\nUS District Courts: U.S. is divided into 94 Federal Districts, 650 Judges; Trail Courts preside by only one judge.\n\nCircuit Court of Appeals: Makes decisions on appeals from lower Federal courts, Created in 1891 to relieve Supreame Court's workload and give speedier justice.\n\nU.S. Supreme Court: Resolves issues of Constitutional and Federal Laws, Ultimate Authority in Contitutional interpretation, 1 of 3 branches of the U.S. Government, U.S. Supreme Court has 9 Justices.\n\n\nIn a nutshell.\nJohn\nStudent
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A magistrate is simlilar to a judge but has a narrower range of functions.  A magistrate probably has immunity from suit but I would think he can be removed from a case for the same grounds that a judge can be removed from a case (e.g. bias).