An informal, unofficial, unwritten political custom whereby all the nominations for the federal judicial posts at the state level are not approved if they are engaged by a senator from the state in which the appointee will work, is known as the Senatorial courtesy. This same concept is applicable to the courts of appeal when the state senator opposes the nominee.
The Native American tribe called the Muscogee, or Creek, occupy some land in present day Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Their capital is based in Oklahoma.
