Differences Between State And Federal Courts

There is said to be roughly 17,000 courthouses that are operating in the United States. These courts are governmental organizations created to hear specific types of cases depending on the case itself. There are differences between the federal and state courts. Dual court system refers to the federal and state courts separation (Neubauer & Fradella, 2015). The purpose of having the federal and state courts was that the U.S. Constitution wanted the federal government to be limited of their power. In limiting their power, they limited the kinds of cases given to the federal courts. The Federal courts defend many of the basic rights. Rights like the freedom of speech and equal protection under the law. Whereas, state courts pass the laws that affect citizens, so state courts handle disputes that control our daily lives (The Judicial Learning Center, 2015). …show more content…
The state court judges are selected in four different ways; election, appointment for given number of years, appointment for life, and combinations of these methods. The federal court judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The judges stay in for life. Judges can be booted out from office for misconduct (United States Courts, 2016). The state courts handle about ninety percent of cases in the court system. The types of cases handled by the state include a crime that is a violation of any state law, such as robbery, assault, murder, and most drug-related crimes. The state courts handle any controversy arising out of the state constitution or state laws and any case that deals with the violation of state tax. The state, also deals with real estate cases, malpractice, personal injury, and contract disputes. Other examples would include all family, divorce, custody, inheritance and probate cases, most traffic and juvenile