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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
It was a federal court judge as it dealt with a federal law, they deal with both federal criminal and constitutional matters. They are separate from the state courts which deal with state criminal charges.
Any of the 94 federal district courts can rule on the constitutionality of a federal law. The govt would have to appeal the ruling, there is a federal appellate court above the district court. Then the supreme court above that.
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federa...-and-structure |
Out of thanks but thanks. This is pretty much how I thought it is, but I was a little vague on the details.
Do you happen to have an idea on why it is like this? Like, historically speaking, why have a system where a single judge can overrule an executive order? (And not some super special judge either, as there's thousands of these district court judges (says wikipedia).)