Blog entry #2

What are the judicial powers of the US Supreme Court and where does this power come from (specific documents)? (reference Reading)

Article III, Section I of the Constitution states that "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."  Article III, Section II of the Constitution gives the US Supreme Court the power to settle controversies between a state and citizens of another state, between two or more states, between citizens of different states, and between citizens of the same states claiming lands under grants in different states.  They take care of cases in which the United States is a party, and cases arising under the Constitution and laws or treaties of the United States.  The Supreme Court is the final interpreter of the U.S. Constitution.