Welcome to Ripley, MS. Ripley is a small town with big vision, with a population over 5,000 residents nestled in the southern area of the Appalachian foothills in northern Mississippi. Located along Highway 15 in Tippah County, it is about thirty miles from the birthplace of Elvis Presley. and sixty minutes from Graceland.
The judicial branch is a system of courts that applies the laws. Both the federal government and each of the 5 states have individual judicial branches which all serve this purpose. The federal judicial system reviews any cases or controversies that arise from laws put into effect by Congress or by the Constitution.
The purpose of the Judicial branch is to fulfill the mandate of the Constitution to the effect that every person has a right to a trial by jury in front of a competent judge. The Judicial Branch is comprised of the Supreme Court, United States district courts, and United States courts of appeals. All of these are Federal courts, and can make decisions concerning interpretation of the law that are binding on lower courts.