. Government and politics in Virginia . ere established to relieve the Supreme Court of apart of its work. In spite of the assistance which they give,the Supreme Court is greatly overburdened with the largenumber of cases before it. After a case has been carried tothis court, it often happens that it cannot be considered fortwo years or more. , THE DISTRICT COURTS. The lowest and most numer-ous branch of United States courts are the district each state Congress has provided for one or more judicial 202 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA districts, and in each district there is a Uni
. Government and politics in Virginia . ere established to relieve the Supreme Court of apart of its work. In spite of the assistance which they give,the Supreme Court is greatly overburdened with the largenumber of cases before it. After a case has been carried tothis court, it often happens that it cannot be considered fortwo years or more. , THE DISTRICT COURTS. The lowest and most numer-ous branch of United States courts are the district each state Congress has provided for one or more judicial 202 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA districts, and in each district there is a United States districtcourt. There are in all about eighty of these district is divided into two of these national judicial are known as the Eastern and the Western Districtsof \irginia. The court of the Eastern District sits from timeto time in Richmond, Norfolk, and Alexandria. The courtof the Western District sits in Lynchburg, Danville, Roanoke,Abingdon, Big Stone Gap, Charlottesville, and (Copyright, Vnderwooil & Underwood) THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN SESSION The man standing in the foreground is an attorney who is arguing a case before the court THE JUDGES OF UNITED STATES COURTS. Inaddition to the nine justices of the United States SupremeCourt, there are in each of the nine judicial circuits from twoto four circuit judges, and in each of the eighty judicial dis-tricts at least one district judge. All of these justices andjudges are appointed by the President with the consent of theSenate. THE NATIONAL COURTS 203 Unlike the President and Vice-President, United Statesjudges hold office for life, or as the phrase goes, during goodbehavior. This method of appointing judges for unlimitedterms has one great advantage. When once he has been ap-pointed, a judge holds his office quite independently of thePresident and Congress. He does not have to seek re-appointment, and therefore he does not have to considerpolitics. He can pe
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