The document summarizes the structure and organization of the three levels of the federal court system in the United States according to Article III of the US Constitution. It establishes that the judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court and any inferior courts established by Congress. It outlines the jurisdiction and roles of the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeals, and District Courts. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction in most cases and original jurisdiction in those involving states or ambassadors. Below the Supreme Court are 13 Circuit Courts of Appeals and 94 District Courts that make up the first level where most cases are tried.

1. Section 1.The judicial power of the United States,
shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such
inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time
ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme
and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good
behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their
services, a compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their continuance in office.
Section 2.The judicial power shall extend to all cases,
in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the
laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which
shall be made, under their authority;--to all cases
affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls;--to all cases of admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction;--to controversies to which the United States
shall be a party;--to controversies between two or more
states;--between a state and citizens of another state;--
between citizens of different states;--between citizens of
the same state claiming lands under grants of different
states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and
foreign states, citizens or subjects.
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall
be party, the Supreme Court shall have original
jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the
Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as
to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the
Congress shall make.
The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such
trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed;
but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places
as the Congress may by law have directed.
Section 3.Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war
against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No
person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to
the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no
attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the
life of the person attainted1
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The 3 Levels of the Federal Court System: Structure and Organization. The
federal court system has three main levels: U.S. District Court, U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Each level of court serves a different
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii
Subject: US Constitution
Standard: LL.B 4th
semester
Topic: Article III judicial powers
MUNIR HUSSAIN KTK
Lecturer
UNIVERSITY LAW COLLEGE
QUETTA
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11th Amendment
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in
law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens
of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state

2. legal function for both civil and criminal cases2
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There are 13 appellate courts that sit below the U.S. Supreme Court, and they
are called the U.S. Courts of Appeals. The 94 federal judicial districts are
organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a court of appeals.3
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http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure