# Civic Process Desk

> Civic Process Desk is an independent educational publication explaining legislatures, courts, elections, and public institutions. It uses official process sources to show what each stage can and cannot do.

Civic Process Desk publishes original, long-form guides about Follow the institution, step by step.. Every article opens with a concise direct answer, is structured with clear headings and FAQs, and reflects mainstream expert consensus.

## Court System

- [Federal vs. State Courts: A Structural Guide](https://therepublicannews.net/federal-vs-state-courts/): Federal and state courts are separate U.S. court systems with different sources of authority and jurisdiction.

## Lawmaking Basics

- [How Does a Federal Bill Become Law?](https://therepublicannews.net/how-federal-bill-becomes-law/): A U.S. federal bill must pass the House and Senate in identical form before presidential action. The president may sign it.

## Full text for LLMs

- [llms-full.txt](https://therepublicannews.net/llms-full.txt): every article as plain markdown in one file
- Each article is also available as markdown at https://therepublicannews.net/<slug>.md

## Site

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