Article III of the United States Constitution

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article of the United States Constitution constitutional section

Article III of the United States Constitution establishes and defines the powers, structure, and jurisdiction of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.

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Observed surface forms (5)

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Section 1 of Article III of the United States Constitution 0
Section 2 of Article III of the United States Constitution 0
Section 3 of Article III of the United States Constitution 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional section ⓘ
constitutional section ⓘ
constitutional section ⓘ
adoptedOn 1788 ⓘ
authorizes Congress to declare the punishment of treason ⓘ
inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish ⓘ
such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish ⓘ
cameIntoEffectOn 1789 ⓘ
containsSection Section 1 of Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Section 2 of Article III of the United States Constitution

Section 3 of Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
defines appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ⓘ
extent of the judicial power of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction of the federal courts ⓘ
original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ⓘ
treason against the United States ⓘ
divides Supreme Court jurisdiction into original and appellate ⓘ
enumerates admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ⓘ
cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls ⓘ
cases arising under the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States ⓘ
controversies between a state and citizens of another state ⓘ
controversies between a state, or its citizens, and foreign states, citizens, or subjects ⓘ
controversies between citizens of different states ⓘ
controversies between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states ⓘ
controversies between two or more states ⓘ
controversies to which the United States shall be a party ⓘ
establishes Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
judicial branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
one Supreme Court ⓘ
influenced development of judicial review in the United States ⓘ
interpretedIn Ex parte McCardle ⓘ
Marbury v. Madison ⓘ
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee ⓘ
language English ⓘ
limits federal judicial power to cases and controversies ⓘ
punishment of treason so that no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
provides life tenure during good behavior for judges of both supreme and inferior courts ⓘ
protection against diminution of compensation for federal judges while in office ⓘ
tenure during good behavior for federal judges ⓘ
that judges shall receive compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office ⓘ
that trials of all crimes except in cases of impeachment shall be by jury ⓘ
relatedTo Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
requires testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or confession in open court to convict of treason ⓘ
that criminal trials shall be held in the state where the crimes have been committed ⓘ
sectionCount 3 ⓘ
subjectTo amendment and interpretation by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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Title 28 of the United States Code → authority → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of South Dakota → authorizedBy → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida → authorizedBy → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
U.S. Constitution in Treasury activities → basedOn → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article III of the U.S. Constitution
CIT → constitutionalBasis → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Court of International Trade
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico → constitutionalBasis → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Cohens v. Virginia → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Dred Scott v. Sandford → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the District of Delaware → createdUnder → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
District of New Mexico → establishedUnder → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio → follows → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana → hasAuthorityFrom → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Public Law 61-475 → implementedProvisionOf → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → legalBasis → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas → legalBasis → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States federal judges → legalBasis → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Federalist No. 78 → mainTopic → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution Article III
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana → subjectTo → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana → subordinateTo → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana → underAuthorityOf → Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ