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→Section 2. [Defines Court powers and limits]
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** cases between citizens of different states | ** cases between citizens of different states | ||
** cases between U.S. citizens and foreign nations or citizens | ** cases between U.S. citizens and foreign nations or citizens | ||
* essentially, the jurisdiction of the federal judiciary is set by the sovereignty of the federal government}}''', in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another state; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. | * essentially, the jurisdiction of the federal judiciary is set by the sovereignty of the federal government}}''', in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; <span style="background-color:#cccccc>'''{{#tip-text:between a State and Citizens of another state|Controversies between states and citizens of different states: | ||
* this clause was changed by the Eleventh Amendment | |||
* which clarified that the Judicial power of the government shall "not construed to extend" to suits between a state and citizens of another state or foreigners | |||
* the problem was the in Chisholm v Georgia, 1793, the Supreme Court took authority over a suit by a citizen of South Carolina against the state of Georgia | |||
* the states considered this a usurpation of their own authority | |||
* the Eleventh Amendment thus overruled the Supreme Court's decision}}'''; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.</span> | |||
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, '''{{#tip-text:the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction|Original Jurisdiction | In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, '''{{#tip-text:the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction|Original Jurisdiction | ||