the Exceptions and Regulations Clause

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

The Exceptions and Regulations Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress authority to limit and shape the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Exceptions and Regulations Clause	1
the Exceptions and Regulations Clause canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Exceptions Clause ⓘ Exceptions and Regulations Provision ⓘ
appliesTo	admiralty and maritime cases on appeal ⓘ appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls on appeal ⓘ controversies between a state and citizens of another state on appeal ⓘ controversies between a state or its citizens and foreign states, citizens, or subjects on appeal ⓘ controversies between citizens of different states on appeal ⓘ controversies between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states on appeal ⓘ controversies between two or more states on appeal ⓘ controversies to which the United States is a party on appeal ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases on appeal ⓘ federal question cases on appeal ⓘ
authorizes	Congress to make exceptions to the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction ⓘ Congress to make regulations concerning the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
constrains	judicial power of the Supreme Court in appellate matters ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
debatedIssue	extent of Congressional power to restrict Supreme Court review of constitutional claims ⓘ whether Congress may use jurisdiction stripping to insulate laws from judicial review ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Original Jurisdiction Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
enables	Congressional control over the Supreme Court’s appellate docket ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ federal courts law ⓘ
governs	scope of cases reviewable by the Supreme Court on appeal ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
influences	Judiciary Act of 1789 and its successors NERFINISHED ⓘ federal court jurisdiction statutes ⓘ
interpretedInCase	Durousseau v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Ex parte McCardle NERFINISHED ⓘ Felker v. Turpin NERFINISHED ⓘ Patchak v. Zinke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheldon v. Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States legal system ⓘ
limits	Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction to that granted and structured by Congress ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Article III of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
permits	Congress to withdraw certain categories of cases from Supreme Court appellate review ⓘ
relatedToConcept	checks and balances in the United States government ⓘ judicial review structure ⓘ separation of powers in the United States ⓘ
relatedToProvision	Judicial Power Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Necessary and Proper Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ Supremacy Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction" ⓘ
textContains	"with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make" ⓘ
usedFor	jurisdiction stripping legislation ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → contains → the Exceptions and Regulations Clause ⓘ

Inferior Tribunals Clause → distinguishedFrom → the Exceptions and Regulations Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Exceptions and Regulations Clause