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The Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. Underneath the Supreme Court are over 100 Federal Courts which have the power to set PRECEDENT. The United States is divided up into regional circuits, Pennsylvania is the 3rd circuit. Within each circuit is at least one appeals court. There are only 13 Federal Appeals Courts nation wide. There are 94 Federal District courts which do the bulk of work in the Federal Court system. Of course, sitting on top of all of these federal courts, is the grand daddy of them all, the Supreme Court. The decisions of the Supreme Court affect each and every American.

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