United States federal judges

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judicial officeholder legal profession

United States federal judges are members of the national judiciary appointed under Article III and other federal statutes to interpret and apply U.S. law in federal courts.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
United States district judges 13
United States District Judge 3
United States district judge 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial officeholder ⓘ
legal profession ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ
surface form: judicial branch of the United States
canIssue declaratory judgments ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
writs such as habeas corpus ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duty apply precedent established by higher federal courts ⓘ
ensure due process of law in federal proceedings ⓘ
employer United States government ⓘ
ethicalFramework Code of Conduct for United States Judges ⓘ
governingBody Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
hasSubclass United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ
surface form: United States bankruptcy judges

United States federal judges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States courts of appeals judges

United States federal judges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States district judges

United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
surface form: United States magistrate judges

judges of Article I legislative courts ⓘ
judges of territorial courts ⓘ
Supreme Court justices ⓘ
surface form: justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
historicalStart established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 for Article III courts ⓘ
jurisdiction admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ
cases arising under the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States ⓘ
cases involving the United States as a party ⓘ
certain disputes between states or between a state and citizens of another state ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction ⓘ
federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ
federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
oversight Administrative Office of the United States Courts ⓘ
partOf federal judiciary of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
removalMethod impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate ⓘ
role adjudicate cases and controversies under federal jurisdiction ⓘ
apply federal law ⓘ
interpret federal law ⓘ
review constitutionality of laws and government actions ⓘ
salaryProtection compensation cannot be diminished during continuance in office for Article III judges ⓘ
selectionMethod presidential nomination with Senate confirmation ⓘ
subclassOf federal officeholders in the United States ⓘ
judges ⓘ
public officials of the United States ⓘ
termCharacteristic life tenure for Article III judges ⓘ
termLength during good Behaviour ⓘ
training Federal Judicial Center ⓘ
surface form: Federal Judicial Center programs
workLocation federal courthouses ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Code of Conduct for United States Judges → appliesTo → United States federal judges ⓘ
Code of Conduct for United States Judges → appliesTo → United States federal judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district judges
Committee on Codes of Conduct → appliesTo → United States federal judges ⓘ
United States Magistrate Judges → assists → United States federal judges ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Magistrate Judge
this entity surface form: United States District Judge
this entity surface form: judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judges
this entity surface form: United States district judge
Western District of Oklahoma → hasJudgeType → United States federal judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district judge
this entity surface form: United States District Judge
United States federal judges → hasSubclass → United States federal judges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district judges
United States federal judges → hasSubclass → United States federal judges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States courts of appeals judges
United States Magistrate Judges → subordinateTo → United States federal judges ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Magistrate Judge
this entity surface form: United States District Judge