The correct anwers is in 1982 that non-citizen children of illegal immigrants (children born in another country and brought into the U.S. by their illegal immigrant parents) must be given a free K-12 education
The answer to this question is that as per the previous system, and seeing as the U.S Supreme Court, the only Court with both appellate and trial jurisdiction, was overcome, and overwhelmed with the number of appeals sent to them every year, Congress decided to move and reform the middle tier of the judicial system. Thus, in order to help the Supreme Court bear the brunt of the appeal cases that needed to reviewed for final decision, Congress created the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in 1982, by fusing both the Court of Claims and the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. This new Court, formed by 12 judges, has jurisdiction over the district courts nationwide regarding cases involved with the Little Tucker Act, and those on patent laws, among other many cases.
