POL 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ex Parte Mccardle, Appellate Jurisdiction, Republican Congress
7 Feb 2019
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Lower courts have authority to hear disputes involving particular parties and subject. If the party bringing the litigation is not the appropriate party, the courts will not resolve. Article iii: party must have suffered a concrete injury or be in danger, the injury must be. 3 constraints on the federal ability to hear and decide cases. Courts must have authority to hear a case (jurisdiction) The case must be appropriate for judicial resolution (justiciability) The appropriate party must bring the case (standing to sure) The power to declare a law, and when it ceases to exist, the only function remaining to. The court will not hear cases in which: There is no obvious conflict between the two. Or they are merely just testing the law. Considered contempt of the court, and highly reprehensible . The court will not hear cases in which the controversy has ended by the time it reaches. Reading pages 87-120: constraints on judicial power: article iii.
