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T or F? Congress is given power by the Constitution to create all federal courts.
False. Congress does not have the power to create the US Supreme Court.
T or F? Congress has to the power to prescribe the procedure and subject matter of all federal courts.
True.
What does the Rules Enabling Act granted by Congress allow for?
Grants the US Supreme Court civil rule-making power to adopt and amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Are all federal courts considered courts of limited jurisdiction?
Yes. All federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction limited by Article III of the Constitution and limited by Congress.
What type of cases can federal courts hear?
Federal courts can hear only those type of cases that congress has authorized by statute.
T or F? The US Supreme Court is the only federal court expressly created in Article III of the Constitution.
True. "There shall be one Supreme Court."
What does the procedure for appeals to the Supreme Court include? (3 items)
The size of the court, the time it meets, and where it sits.
T or F? Congress is given the authority by the constitution to create all other federal courts as well as the procedures for those courts.
What Article III judges serve for life and never experience a decrease in salary?
Supreme Court, circuit court of appeals, and federal district court judges.
Which judges experience a tenure of 14 years and are appointed by the federal circuit where the bankruptcy court sits?
administrative law judges and bankruptcy judges
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