Blog #2

Question: What are the judicial powers of the US Supreme Court and where does this power come from?

Article III, section 2 specifies the judicial powers of the United States:
-Can declare laws and bills unconstitutional
-Make treaties
-Include all cases of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction-- Charge criminals w/ a sentence
-Hear cases involving US as a party
-Cases of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction
-Controversies b/w a state and citizens of another state
-Controversies b/w two or more states
-Controversies between citizens of different states
-Controversies between citizens of the same states claiming lands under grants in different states
-Controversies between a state, or citizens, and foreign states or citizens
-Cases affecting ambassadors or other public ministers