Federal Court

The Federal Court System also has a presence in Minnesota, just as it does in every state. The federal courts are separate from the state courts. They hear different kinds of cases, including cases that involve:

A question of interpreting the United States Constitution, such as free speech, racial discrimination or other constitutional freedoms.

A lawsuit between citizens of two states that involves more than $50,000.

In the federal system, the federal district court-which in Minnesota operates in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth-is the trial court where people file their federal claims. Seven judges, all appointed for life by the president, serve on the federal district court bench.

Circuits
Much like the state trial court, the federal district court is the place where trials are conducted. Decisions may be appealed to 1Mike DeWine had followed Acton by noting his own father’s service in World War II in liberating concentration camps. DeWine recounted how his father witnessed the camps’ ovens first-hand and remembered the images for the rest of his life.

To Ackison, however, the Nazi Germany comparison rests with the present Ohio leadership. The cover photo on Ackison’s campaign Twitter account shows Jews lined up against a wall during World War II.

Ackison, a small business owner and conservative activist from Marysville who is currently a candidate in the Republican primary for the 26th district Ohio Senate seat, made national headlines last week after a photo of her and several other pro-Trump protesters yelling into the windows of the atrium at the Ohio Statehouse went viral.

A recent protest organized by far-right