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Article III 

Section 2

• Clause 2

• In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

  • ArtIII.S2.C2.1  The Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
  • ArtIII.S2.C2.2 Power of Congress to Control the Federal Courts
    • ArtIII.S2.C2.2.1  The Theory of Plenary Congressional Control
    • ArtIII.S2.C2.2.2  The Theory Reconsidered
  • ArtIII.S2.C2.3 Federal-State Court Relations
    • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.1  Problems Raised by Concurrency
    • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.2 The Autonomy of State Courts
      • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.2.1  Noncompliance with and Disobedience of Supreme Court Orders by State Courts
      • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.2.2  Use of State Courts in Enforcement of Federal Law
      • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.2.3  State Interference with Federal Jurisdiction
    • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.3  Conflicts of Jurisdiction: Rules of Accommodation
    • ArtIII.S2.C2.3.4  Conflicts of Jurisdiction: Federal Court Interference with State Courts