Federal judge
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Federal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state/provincial/local level.
United States
A U.S. federal judge is appointed by the
For 2018, Article III judges include 807 judges: 9 in the Supreme Court, 179 in the circuit courts of appeal, 673 in the federal district courts, and 9 judges in the federal court of international trade. [1]
As of June 2021, there are nearly 700 federal judges in the United States.[2]
Russia
The
Brazil
In the words of the Federal Constitution, the judge is an organ of the Judiciary. Thus, he is an agent of the State, responsible for saying the Law definitively. Specifically in the case of the Federal Court, the judge is responsible for judging the actions in which the Union, its autarchies and federal public companies are, in some way, interested. In addition, it also judges other matters, such as those involving foreign States, the dispute over indigenous rights, cases relating to nationality and naturalization, and the execution of foreign judgment.
In criminal matters, among others, it judges political crimes and criminal offenses committed to the detriment of goods, services or interests of the Union or its municipal entities or public companies, crimes against the organization of work and, as a general rule, crimes committed on board ships or aircraft.[3]
References
- ^ United States Courts. "Chronological History of Authorized Judgeships - Courts of Appeals".
- ^ Marcus, Ruth (June 7, 2021). "Opinion: The truly worrying aspect of a federal judge's ruling on assault weapons". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ISBN 9789892607580.