Original and Appellate Jurisdiction

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1. Which category is expressly within the Supreme Court's constitutional original jurisdiction? Multiple Choice Easy
2. Which petition is expressly named in Article VIII, Section 5(1)? Multiple Choice Easy
3. What does Article VIII, Section 2 prohibit Congress from doing to the Supreme Court's enumerated Section 5 jurisdiction? Multiple Choice Easy
4. A lower court renders a final decision in a case squarely involving the constitutionality of a statute. Which constitut… Multiple Choice Medium
5. A litigant says that because the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over certiorari, parties may always bypass eve… Multiple Choice Medium
6. A party files directly in the Supreme Court under the label certiorari. Resolving the case requires first deciding disp… Multiple Choice Hard
7. Congress enacts a law declaring that the Supreme Court may never review any lower-court judgment involving a statute's … Multiple Choice Hard
8. Distinguish original from appellate jurisdiction using the Supreme Court's constitutional list. Why does original juris… Essay Medium
9. A litigant says constitutional original jurisdiction makes the Supreme Court the ordinary trial forum for all cases wit… Essay Medium
10. Explain the constitutional limit on Congress's power to define court jurisdiction in relation to the Supreme Court. May… Essay Medium
11. Which final lower-court case is expressly listed in Article VIII, Section 5(2) for Supreme Court review through the rou… Multiple Choice Easy
12. Article VIII, Section 5(2) expressly includes review of lower-court cases presenting which jurisdictional issue? Multiple Choice Easy