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To: Williams

“Congress can limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts.”

I believe Congress can change the setup of federal courts, in terms of creating or eliminating districts, and stuff like that. The constitution sets out the jurisdiction of federal courts though, so Congress can’t alter that without an amendment.


14 posted on 04/22/2015 2:57:42 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
The constitution sets out the jurisdiction of federal courts though, so Congress can’t alter that without an amendment.

Wrong - see post #9.

28 posted on 04/22/2015 7:31:47 PM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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