From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 11-May-14 08:47, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> Federal courts/law are superior to state courts/law; however, federal   
   >> courts only have original jurisdiction in specific matters.  Cases   
   >> usually get into federal courts via appeal from state courts.   
   >   
   > Wrong again, Stephen; that's not how federalism works. State law and federal   
   > law are parallel systems, not inferior/superior.   
      
   The US Constitution, and the US Civil War, disagree with you; federal   
   law/courts are superior to state law/courts.   
      
   > In order to get a matter heard in state court into federal court, there   
   > has to be a federal matter for the federal courts to adjudicate.   
      
   Thanks to "incorporation" via the 14th Amd, you can appeal pretty much   
   any non-trivial case into the federal courts.  Even before that,   
   diversity was an easy way to get into the federal courts on original   
   jurisdiction.   
      
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