How many Supreme Courts does the US federal judicial system have?

Answer 1

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The United States has one Supreme Court in the federal judicial system. There are Regional and District Federal Courts through which cases of a federal nature are appealed and heard. Each of the 50 states has a court, usually referred to as the (State) Supreme Court, that has the responsibility of interpreting the constitution of that state. These courts are not part of the federal judicial system.

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Answer 2

Every US State has its own State Supreme Court (except Texas, which has two) and the US has one Federal level Supreme Court. Total: 52.

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It depends on what you mean by "Supreme Court." It's true that each state has a high court, although some states don't call their highest court the "Supreme Court." New York, for example, calls its highest court the "New York Court of Appeals" (the "Supreme Court" usually refers to trial level courts in New York). As the original poster noted, Texas has two, co-equal highest courts: The Supreme Court of Texas handles appeals in civil, juvenile, and family matters, and the Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for criminal matters. The Texas Supreme Court, though, manages and oversees the promulgation of most of the states' legal rules and oversees the bar.

There's a similar relationship with two high courts in Oklahoma.

So, in one way, the answer could be: 51 -- 50 "highest" state courts plus the United States Supreme Court.

Or the answer could be: 53 (with two co-equal highest courts in Texas and Oklahoma (that's 4), plus 48 other highest state courts, plus the U.S. Supreme Court).

And if you wanted states that called their highest courts "supreme courts," that would take a bit longer to find out.

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Answer 3

The Constitution established only one federal court, the Supreme Court. It left to Congress the job of creating the federal court system. Congress has created three types of federal courts. 1. District Courts--the nation is divided into 94 federal judicial districts, each with its own district court. These are the courts where cases are tried. 2. Courts of Appeals. The District Courts are divided into 12 regions, called circuits. Each circuit has its own Court of Appeals. There is also a Federal Circuit which covers the entire nation. If a person looses a case in the district court that person can appeal the case to the court of appeals. 3 The Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the highest of the federal courts. Cases from the court of appeals in each circuit and from the state supreme courts can be appealed to the Supreme Court.

Answer 4

There are 52 state supreme courts (or their equivalent): 48 states each have one high court, but Texas and Oklahoma have two (one for criminal cases, and one for civil and juvenile cases).

Answer 5

There is just one Supreme Court in the United States. However each state does have it's own in addition to the Federal Supreme Court. The difference is that the Federal division hears cases on issues that deal with our rights and the Constitution.

Answer 6

Article III, Section 1 of the US Constitution specifies that "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress shall from time to time establish."

So, one.

You might be confusing the federal judiciary system (that's what the Constitution describes) with state judiciary systems (which are provided for in the constitutions of the several states). Each state may have its own Supreme Court, but technically this is a separate system, even though it's possible (at least in some cases) to appeal a case from a state Supreme Court to the federal Supreme Court.

Answer 7

One. The US Supreme Court is a separate entity from the other courts in the federal judicial system.

Answer 8

There are 9 supreme court people