Dual means two which refers to the United Stated Federal court and State court two court system. The dual court system is the division of state and federal courts. Federal courts deal with cases that involve constitutional and federal law for both criminal and civil disputes. State courts also hear civil and criminal cases but as it relates to state laws and state constitutional issues. The founding fathers who drafted the Constitution created a third branch of the government which is now the federal judiciary. The drafters were also apprehensive and didn’t want to grant too much federal power, so they limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts by implementing a dual court system between State and Federal, with each having its own key
