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Federal District
noun
- a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.
federal district
noun
- an area used as the seat of central government in a federal system
Example Sentences
“The Constitution charges the President, not federal district courts, with the conduct of foreign diplomacy and protecting the Nation against foreign terrorists,” Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer told the Supreme Court in an appeal file on Monday.
The only federal district court to have considered the constitutionality of this ground held that it violates due process because it is unconstitutionally vague and deprives noncitizens of a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
Ruiz Massieu sued the U.S. government in an effort to block his deportation and he won in federal district court.
"Neither a federal district court nor the United States has authority to tell the Government of El Salvador what to do," US Solicitor General D John Sauer wrote in an appeal to the Supreme Court.
“The Constitution charges the President, not federal district courts, with the conduct of foreign diplomacy and protecting the Nation against foreign terrorists,” Sauer wrote in Monday’s appeal.
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