Capitalize “Federal”

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

“Federal” takes a capital where the word it modifies carries one, as in “the Federal Constitution”, and stays lowercase otherwise, as in “federal spending”.¹

1. 1R. 8(d)(ii) Exceptions; R. 8(c)(ii) Exceptions.
2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.