Tag: OR

  • Original Jurisdiction

    Clause 2. Original and Appellate JurisdictionIn 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 other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdicti…

  • Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

    The Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme CourtFrom the beginning, the Supreme Court has assumed that its original jurisdiction flows directly from the Constitution and is therefore self-executing without further action by Congress.1 In Chisholm v. Ge…

  • Organizational Standing

    Organizational StandingOrganizations do not have standing as such to represent their particular concept of the public interest, 1 but organizations have been permitted to assert the rights of their members.<a name=t2 href=#f2 target="_self"…

  • Organization of Courts

    Organization of Courts, Tenure, and Compensation of JudgesThe Constitution is almost completely silent concerning the organization of the federal judiciary. "That there should be a national judiciary was readily accepted by all." 1 But whet…