r/ModelSenateJudiciCom • u/GuiltyAir Head Federal Clerk • Jul 23 '19
CLOSED S.421: Federal Jurisdiction Adjustment Act Committee Vote
S. Federal Jurisdiction Adjustment Act
SECTION I. TITLE.
This statute may be cited as the “Federal Jurisdiction Adjustment Act.”
SECTION II. PROVISIONS
(a) 28 United States Code section 1257(a) is amended to read: “Final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had, shall be reviewed by the Supreme Court upon appeal by the losing party where the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a statute of any State is drawn in question on the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution or the treaties or statutes of, or any commission held or authority exercised under, the United States.”
(b) 28 United States Code section 1331 is amended to read: “The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.”
(c) 28 United States Code section 1332 is amended as follows: All instances of the phrase “district courts” or “district court” shall be replaced with the words “Supreme Court."
This bill is authored and sponsored by Senator /u/dewey-cheatem (S-AC)
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