Probably Remember are things the American court system is hierarchical which means any
discussion of it cries out for a visual representation thought bubble like Drake will start from the
bottom the trial courts have original jurisdiction when you realize that there are 50 states each
with its own court system it shouldn’t be surprised that the vast majority of cases start out of
course most cases never get to court at all the vast majority of disputes criminal and civil are
settled outside of court how’s that for efficiency on the federal side the trial courts are EU S
district courts are 94 of AM with 663 judges more or less sometimes in civil cases a plaintiff the
person bringing the case will have a choice about whether to bring that case in state or federal
court only started the district courts if your case meets certain important criteria almost all
criminal cases start in state courts so if you don’t like the result in the trial court and you have a
reasonable claim that there was something procedurally wrong with the case or the way the law
was applied you can bring an appeal notice that if you start in state courts usually have more
chances for appeal because most states have two levels of appellate courts in the federal system
has one appeals court you’re done one thing to remember the loser can always try to appeal even
if that loser was the state that failed in its prosecution federal appeals courts are called circuit
