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Article III. Judicial Branch | U.S. Constitution Annotated | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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- Section 1 Vesting Clause
- Overview of the Judicial Vesting Clause
- Historical Background of Judicial Review
- Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review
- Inherent Powers of Federal Courts
- Congressional Control over Judicial Power
- Federal and State Courts
- Introduction to the Relationship Between Federal and State Courts
- Historical Background on the Relationship Between Federal and State Courts
- Doctrine on Federal and State Courts
- State Court Jurisdiction to Enforce Federal Law
- Supreme Court Review of State Court Interpretations of Federal Law
- Limits on State Court Control of Federal Proceedings
- Federal Non-Interference with State Jurisdiction
- Exhaustion Doctrine
- Habeas Review
- Introduction to the Relationship Between Federal and State Courts
- Supreme Court Rulings
- Congressional Power to Establish Article III Courts
- Overview of Establishment of Article III Courts
- Historical Background on Establishment of Article III Courts
- Congressional Power to Establish the Supreme Court
- Establishment of Inferior Federal Courts
- Congressional Power to Abolish Federal Courts
- Congressional Power to Establish Courts of Specialized Jurisdiction
- Overview of Establishment of Article III Courts
- Congressional Power to Establish Non-Article III Courts
- Overview of Congressional Power to Establish Non-Article III Courts
- Congressional Power to Structure Legislative Courts
- Supreme Court Review of Legislative Court Decisions
- District of Columbia and Territorial Courts
- Non-Article III Military Courts
- Legislative Courts Adjudicating Public Rights
- Article I Adjuncts to Article III Courts
- Bankruptcy Courts as Adjuncts to Article III Courts
- Consent to Article I Court Jurisdiction
- Overview of Congressional Power to Establish Non-Article III Courts
- Federal Judiciary Protections
- Overview of the Judicial Vesting Clause
- Section 2 Justiciability
- Clause 1 Cases and Controversies
- Overview of Cases and Controversies
- Historical Background
- Overview of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction
- Historical Background on Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction
- Rules of Justiciability and the Case or Controversy Requirement
- Advisory Opinions
- Adversity Requirement
- Standing
- Ripeness
- Overview of Ripeness Doctrine
- United Public Workers and Ripeness
- Abbott Laboratories Trilogy and Ripeness
- The Ripeness Doctrine Since 1967: Overview
- Fitness and Ripeness
- Hardship and Ripeness
- Contexts in Which Ripeness Arises
- Administrative Law and Ripeness
- Criminal Statutes and Ripeness
- Takings and Ripeness
- Continuing Vitality of Ripeness Doctrine
- Overview of Ripeness Doctrine
- Mootness
- Political Questions
- Overview of Political Question Doctrine
- Marbury v. Madison and Political Question Doctrine
- Luther v. Borden and the Guarantee Clause
- From Coleman v. Miller to Baker v. Carr
- Modern Political Question Doctrine
- Foreign Affairs as a Political Question
- Congressional Governance as a Political Question
- Impeachment and Political Questions
- Political Process, Elections, and Gerrymandering
- Evolving Doctrine on Partisan Gerrymandering
- Nonjusticiability of Partisan Gerrymandering Claims
- Overview of Political Question Doctrine
- Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine
- Federal Question Jurisdiction
- Doctrine and Practice
- Cases to Which the United States is a Party
- Controversies Between Two or More States
- Controversies Between a State and Citizens of Another State
- Diversity Jurisdiction
- Overview
- Historical Background
- Citizens of Different States and Diversity Jurisdiction
- Citizenship of Natural Persons and Corporations
- Insufficient or Manufactured Diversity
- State Law in Diversity Cases and the Erie Doctrine
- Conflicts-of-Law and Procedural Rules in Diversity Cases
- Land Grants by Different States
- Controversies Between a State or its Citizens and Foreign States or Citizens
- Overview
- Overview of Cases and Controversies
- Clause 2 Jurisdiction
- Clause 3 Trials
- Clause 1 Cases and Controversies
- Section 3 Treason