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# those in which a State shall be Party.<ref>https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-3/#article-3-section-2</ref> | # those in which a State shall be Party.<ref>https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-3/#article-3-section-2</ref> | ||
In the above two instances, a party may file directly with the US federal Supreme Court from the outset. Because such | In the above two instances, a party may file directly with the US federal Supreme Court from the outset. Because such "Exceptions" are rare, the US Supreme Court functions as the nation's highest appellate court. Consequently, legal cases don't start in the federal Supreme Court. | ||
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Revision as of 21:31, September 5, 2022
The Supreme Court of the United States has original jurisdiction in two (2) instances under Article III (3), Section 2 of the United States Constitution:
- all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and
- those in which a State shall be Party.[1]
In the above two instances, a party may file directly with the US federal Supreme Court from the outset. Because such "Exceptions" are rare, the US Supreme Court functions as the nation's highest appellate court. Consequently, legal cases don't start in the federal Supreme Court.
