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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Federal Court Jurisdiction The constitutional courts hear most of the cases tried in the federal courts. That is, those courts have jurisdiction over most federal cases. Jurisdiction is defined as the authority of a court to hear (to try and to decide) a case. The term means, literally, the power “to say the law.”…
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Amendments
Amendments When the Constitution became effective in 1789, the United States was a small agricultural nation of fewer than four million people. That population was scattered for some 1,300 miles along the eastern edge of the continent. Travel and communications among the 13 States were limited to horseback and sailing ships. The new States struggled…