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Old 07-15-2004, 02:43 PM   #4704
Atticus Grinch
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Originally posted by Gattigap
Since the GOP has been unable to muster the requisite support to amend the Constitution and eradicate the scourge of gay marriage, Smiling Tom DeLay and your Grand Old Party will soon be seeking to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear controversies for which the GOP might not like the result.
At the risk of inspiring Not Me to post long quotations from case law in boldface, isn't it Con Law 101 that Congress can prescribe the jurisdiction of the Article III courts only to the extent it isn't granted to the Supreme Court in the Constitution --- i.e., they can only limit the J of courts they "ordain and establish," which is every federal court except the SCOTUS?

Which means if you yank the J of the District and Circuit courts, all you do is multiply the original proceedings in the SCOTUS?
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